Ione Borges, Veteran Brazilian TV Host, Dies at 73

Overview

• Fundação Cásper Líbero confirmed on Monday that Borges died at age 73 and attributed the death to respiratory failure.
• A wake was held the same day at Funeral Velar Morumbi in São Paulo from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., drawing family, colleagues and admirers.
• Longtime co-host Claudete Troiano mourned Borges in an Instagram tribute and attended the service.
• In an official note, the foundation called Borges an “icon of Brazilian television” and a defining face of TV Gazeta for decades.
• Borges built a multi-decade career that began in modeling and acting, became a household name co-hosting Mulheres from 1980, and later led Pra Você and Manhã Gazeta, with a noted return for the show’s 40th anniversary in 2020.