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Actor Rui Rezende dies at age 87, in Rio de Janeiro

Actor Rui Rezende died, this Sunday (12), aged 87 in Rio de Janeiro. He had been hospitalized since the beginning of the month at Hospital São Francisco da Providência de Deus, in the north of the city. The information...

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Actor Rui Rezende dies at age 87, in Rio de Janeiro
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Actor Rui Rezende died, this Sunday (12), aged 87 in Rio de Janeiro. He had been hospitalized since the beginning of the month at Hospital São Francisco da Providência de Deus, in the north of the city.

The information was confirmed by Retiro dos Artistas, a place of assisted living for elderly artists, where Rui Rezende has lived since 2019.

José Pereira Rezende Filho was born in 1938, in Araguari, Minas Gerais, and began working on television in 1966, on the soap opera Somos Todos Irmãos, on TV Tupi. Throughout his career, he acted in several soap operas and miniseries on Tupi and on the stations Excelsior, Manchete and Globo.

Among the characters he played in his long career, Astromar Junqueira stands out, the werewolf in the soap opera Roque Santeiro, on TV Globo in 1985.

Rui Rezende also participated in other soap operas, including O Espigão, in 1974; O Casarão, in 1976; and Meu Bem Querer, in 1998. He also acted in numerous plays and films.

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