The mass of the seventh day of the death of the comedian and presenter Jo Soares will be held at 7 pm this Friday (12) in the Chapel of Colégio Nossa Senhora de Sion, in Sao Paulo .
The writer, who died on the 5th, at the age of 84, had been hospitalized at Hospital Sírio-Libanês since the end of last month. The reason for hospitalization and the cause of death were not revealed by Sírio at the request of the family.
The mass is being organized by the Academia Paulista de Letras and will be celebrated by the academic Dom Fernando Antônio Figueiredo.
According to the organization, the ritual is a “affectionate tribute that its confreres pay to the unforgettable creator, stupendous artist and Brazilian of irreproachable ethics”.
Jô has held Chair 33 at APL since 2016.
Biography
Son of businessman Orlando Heitor Soares and Mercedes Leal Soares, José Eugênio Soares was born on January 16, 1938 in Rio de Janeiro. At the age of 12, he moved with his family to Europe, where he considered pursuing a diplomatic career, but his love for art spoke louder.
With an extensive career, he was a comedian, television presenter, writer, director and actor. His first role was in “O Homem do Sputnik”, Carlos’ 1958 manga.
Three years later, he started working at TV Record, where he acted in programs such as “La Reuve Chic”, “Jô Show” and “A Família Trapo”, in addition to writing the “Simonetti Show”.
In 1970, he went to TV Globo to star in “Faça Humor, Não Fazer a Guerra”, a program replaced by Satircom in 1973. Three years later, as an actor and writer, he participated in “Planeta dos Homens” until 1981, when he began to dedicate to the program itself, “Viva o Gordo”.
In this, he lived several outstanding characters, such as Reizinho, Capitão Gay and Zé da Galera. Jô left Globo for SBT in 1987 to fulfill one of his greatest desires: to present a talk show.
“Jô Soares Onze e Meia” aired between 1988 and 1999, with more than six thousand interviews with great Brazilian and international personalities. In 2000, the comedian returned to Globo for the iconic “Programa do Jô”, which ended in 2016.
Source: CNN Brasil
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