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Sérgio Ricardo | |
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Born | João Lutfi June 18, 1932 |
Died | July 23, 2020
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged 88)
Occupation(s) | Film director, composer |
Years active | 1964-2020 |
João Lutfi (18 June 1932 – 23 July 2020), known professionally as Sérgio Ricardo, was a Brazilian film director and composer. [1] He directed five films between 1964 and 1974.
In 1967 he gained attention when taking part in the third Festival de Música Popular Brasileira, in which he performed a rearranged version of "Beto bom de bola". [2] The audience disliked the fact that he would not perform the original version and booed him during the whole performance. [2] At a certain moment, he gave up playing, shouted "You won!" at the audience, broke his acoustic guitar and threw it at the crowd. [2] He was then immediately disqualified. [2]
He was infected with COVID-19, and became COVID-negative in May 2020. However, he died without being discharged on 23 July 2020, a month after his 88th birthday, of heart failure. [3]