The Brazilian singer and songwriter Erasmo Carlos passed away on Tuesday, November 22, at the Barra D’Or Hospital, in Rio de Janeiro, where he had been hospitalized since yesterday morning. He was 81 years old.
The cause of death has not yet been released, but it is known that he was recently hospitalized for nine days in the same hospital with edema., having been discharged earlier this month. Fernanda, his wife, was by his side at the time of death, according to the Brazilian newspaper Metropoles.
The composer suffered from a biochemical imbalance that keeps fluids inside the blood vessels, causing retention and edema in various areas of the body. On October 17, he entered the Barra D’Or Hospital to undergo some tests and ended up returning to be hospitalized for nine days.
On October 30, the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper even mistakenly spread the news that he had died. — situation with which Erasmo Carlos joked on social networks after being discharged on November 2. “Very symbolic… After being assassinated on the 30th, I was resurrected on All Dead Day and was released from the hospital,” he wrote on his Instagram account.
Known by the nickname Tremendão, he worked with Tim Maia, Roberto Carlos, Rita Lee, Maria Betânia, Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben and Gilberto Gil, among other Brazilian music stars, recorded more than 600 songs and released 39 albums .
Source: Observadora
