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Singer Roberto Carlos arrived around 5pm today to attend his friend’s funeral Erasmo Carlos, who passed away yesterday at the age of 81🇧🇷 The party is dedicated to family and friends at Memorial do Carmo, in the Caju neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro.
In a light blue T-shirt and white pants, the singer greeted fans who were at the door of the crematorium and vertical do Carmo memorial cemetery.
“My pain is so great, I don’t even know how to say everything I think about my dear friend, my older brother. My idol for everything, for his loyalty, his intelligence and his kindness, for everything I know,” Roberto Carlos said yesterday, in an Instagram post.
Earlier, Fernanda Passos, widow of Erasmo Carlos, was comforted by Leo Esteves, son of the singer, at the farewell party. In the photo, Fernanda is shown crying a lot when she hugs Leo.
Yesterday, the family of Erasmo Carlos, the singer’s band and Hospital Barra DOr released a joint note with more details about the artist’s health.
Erasmo has been hospitalized since November 2, in Rio, with panniculitis as a result of an infection.
Erasmo Carlos dies at the age of 81; Remember your story
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Singer Erasmo Carlos has passed away at the age of 81 in Rio de Janeiro.
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He was married to a teacher, Fernanda Passos, who is 49 years his junior. The two married in 2019.
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One of the icons of Jovem Guarda was Erasmo Carlos, better known as “Tremendão”.
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At that time, Erasmo Carlos formed a friendship with Roberto Carlos: both were fans of Elvis Presley, Bob Nelson, James Dean, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and supported Vasco da Gama. They even went six months without speaking after a fight, but then resumed their friendship.
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The musician was a native of Vasco da Gama: he wrote songs about the team and spoke about the Heart Club in his book “Minha Fama de Mau” (2008).
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In the book, Erasmo Carlos tells us that it was Tim Maia who taught him the first three chords on the guitar.
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Erasmo accompanied Tim Maia and Roberto Carlos on tours with the band “Snakes”, in which Edson Trindade, Arlenio Livio and Jose Roberto also participated.
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Erasmo Carlos has also worked: here, he appears in a scene from “Roberto Carlos and the Pink Diamond”
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Erasmo Carlos, young man, in a 1975 photograph
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And recently, in 2020, he starred in “Modo Avião” on Netflix, with Larissa Manuela.
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On November 17, he won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock or Alternative Music Album in Portuguese for “O Futuro Pertence À… Jovem Guarda”.
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