Caruso, Paulo
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| Birthname | 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) | ||||
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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.
Relationships
- sibling relationship with Caruso, Chico (born 6 December 1949). Notes: Twin brothers
Events
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
- 1949 births
- Birthday 6 December
- Birthplace São Paulo, BRAS
- Sun 13 Sagittarius
- Moon 22 Gemini
- Asc 29 Sagittarius
- 2023 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer
- Personal : Birth : Twin, triplet, etc.
- Vocation : Art : Cartoonist
- Vocation : Art : Commercial artist
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality
