Caruso, Paulo

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Name
Caruso, Paulo Gender: M
Paulo José Hespanha Caruso
born on 6 December 1949 at 07:20 (= 07:20 AM )
Place São Paulo, Brazil, 23s3309, 46w3729
Timezone -02 h2w (is daylight saving time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.svg s_sagcol.18.svg 13°56' s_mo.18.svg s_gemcol.18.svg 22°34 Asc.s_sagcol.18.svg 29°11'



Paulo Caruso (2022)
photo: MDB Nacional, license cc-by-2.0

Biography

Brazilian satirical cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator, and television personality; the older-by-five-minutes twin brother of fellow cartoonist Chico.

He started his career with the newspaper Diário Popular in the late 1960s. He is best known for the comic strip "Avenida Brasil", which ran for 25 years in the weekly magazine Istoé, and was also published in Jornal do Brasil and collected in several books. He worked for major magazines and newspapers as well as with alternative press publications such as O Pasquim and Movimento.

Caruso was also well known for being a regular since its start in 1986 of the TV Cultura talk show Roda Viva, in which he drew caricatures of guests in real time during their interviews; his last appearance on the show was on 2 January 2023. He was also a musician, the co-founder of the Muda Brasil Tancredo Jazz Band and of the comedy music group Conjunto Nacional band.

During his career Caruso received several awards and honours, notably the award for best cartoonist from the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA) in 1994, the Troféu HQ Mix for the book São Paulo por Paulo Caruso in 2003, and the Prêmio Angelo Agostini for Master of National Comics in 2005.

Paulo Caruso died of intestinal cancer on 4 March 2023 at the age of 73 in São Paulo.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • sibling relationship with Caruso, Chico (born 6 December 1949). Notes: Twin brothers

Events

  • Death by Disease 4 March 2023 (Intestinal cancer, age 73)
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Source Notes

Birth certificate in hand from Sy Scholfield, copy on file.

Categories

  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Intestinal, terminal)
  • Personal : Birth : Twin, triplet, etc. (Twin brothers)
  • Vocation : Art : Cartoonist
  • Vocation : Art : Commercial artist
  • Vocation : Art : Fine art artist
  • Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality