Marcelo ‘VIP’ Dies at 49 From Reported Liver Complications

Overview

• His death was confirmed for Tuesday, and burial was reported for Wednesday in São José dos Pinhais, in the Curitiba metropolitan area.
• G1 reports he died in Joinville during a work trip, while O Globo reports Curitiba, with both outlets citing statements from his lawyers.
• Marcelo VIP gained national notoriety in 2001 after impersonating Gol co-founder Henrique Constantino at a party in Recife and giving interviews as the executive.
• Across decades of cons, he amassed convictions for association with drug trafficking, aircraft robbery, fraud and falsifying documents, with at least 12 arrests and six escapes reported.
• After serving time, including four years at the Penitentiary Central do Estado and a later detention in 2018 over alleged forged documents, he sought to rebuild his life as a speaker, writer and producer and was the subject of a 2010 documentary and a 2011 film starring Wagner Moura.