Overview

• His children announced his death in Rio and said he fought with courage, with funeral details to be shared later.
• He was serving as a writer for TV Globo’s Conversa com Bial at the time of his death.
• Over a decades-long career, he worked at Jornal do Brasil, O Globo, Veja, Época, O Dia and other outlets, including a stint as O Globo’s sports editor during the 2014 World Cup.
• A prolific sambista, he wrote more than 120 songs with Tuninho Galante and had compositions recorded by artists such as Nilze Carvalho, Ernesto Pires and Ana Costa.
• Colleague Ancelmo Gois paid tribute, calling him a "carioca brother" and crediting him with chronicling the revival of Lapa, street carnival and the Bip Bip bar.