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Sérgio Ricardo
Ricardo interviewed by TV Brasil in 2015
Born
João Lutfi

(1932-06-18)June 18, 1932
DiedJuly 23, 2020(2020-07-23) (aged 88)
Occupation(s)Film director, composer
Years active1964-2020

João Lutfi (18 June 1932 – 23 July 2020), known professionally as Sérgio Ricardo, was a Brazilian film director and composer.[1] He directed five films between 1964 and 1974.

Born in the city of Marília, São Paulo, his father, Abdalla Lutfi, and mother, Maria Mansur, were both of Syrian descent.[2][3] In 1967 he gained attention when taking part in the third Festival de Música Popular Brasileira, in which he performed a rearranged version of "Beto bom de bola".[4] The audience disliked the fact that he would not perform the original version and booed him during the whole performance.[4] At a certain moment, he gave up playing, shouted "You won!" at the audience, broke his acoustic guitar and threw it at the crowd.[4] He was then immediately disqualified.[4]

He was infected with COVID-19, and became COVID-negative in May 2020. However, he died without being discharged on 23 July 2020, a month after his 88th birthday, of heart failure.[5]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Sérgio Ricardo". cpdoc. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Músico e cineasta Sérgio Ricardo morre aos 88 anos". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. ^ Hagemeyer, Rafael Rosa; Saraiva, Daniel Lopes (17 May 2019). Esse Mundo é Meu: As Artes de Sérgio Ricardo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Appris Editora e Livraria Eireli - ME. ISBN 978-85-473-2579-4.
  4. ^ a b c d Braune, Bia; Rixa Braune (2007). "Som da Caixa". In Felipe Schuery (ed.). Almanaque da TV - Histórias e curiosidades desta máquina de fazer doido (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Ediouro. p. 101. ISBN 978-85-00-02070-4.
  5. ^ "Músico Sérgio Ricardo morre aos 88 anos no Rio". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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