Overview

• Portela confirmed the death on Tuesday and decreed three days of mourning.
• The wake runs Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Portela’s quadra, with burial at 5 p.m. at Jardim da Saudade in Sulacap.
• Friends and school sources say he had bariatric surgery last week, was discharged Saturday, then suffered complications starting Monday, with no official medical report released.
• A leading voice since 2006, he helped deliver Portela’s 2017 title and won three Estandartes de Ouro, while also serving Tom Maior, Vai-Vai and Unidos de Vila Maria in São Paulo.
• Tributes poured in from Liesa, Tom Maior and Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, as fans recalled his viral 2025 esquenta performance of Maria, Maria.