Since March 2025, Arrindo Cruz has been hospitalized in a hospital unit in Rio de Janeiro. The singer at 66 was diagnosed with a pneumonia, who aggravated his general health. The infection is caused by a resistant bacterium and although the image is stable, it no longer responds to stimuli as before.
The artist’s wife, Babi Cruz, reported living in a state of definitive unconsciousness. As shared in the biography “The Perfect Sambista”, written by the journalist Marcos Salles, Arrink’s conditions remained serious even after several surgical interventions.
He remembered still having hopes in the third intervention, but he heard from a neurosurgeon who “never returns again”.
Emotional impact and family routine
The trajectory with a hemorrhagic stroke, which took place on March 17, 2017, deeply transformed family dynamics. According to Babi, the first signs of improvement, such as retaining objects and interacting in the least, have disappeared over time. Currently, Arrindo remains “right in his small world, his universe. Far”.
In addition to facing intensive care, the companion revealed physical and psychological wear. “Nobody saw Babi lose 25 kg and then put on more than 30. Nobody saw Babi hair fall everywhere and I am almost bald, having to wear wig. Nobody saw my suffering, my solitude, my depression,” he added:
“I met the hole deeper than the bottom of the well. My children said: ‘Mom, you will die and my father will stay there.’ I only had water, coffee, depression and smoked cigarettes.
Affective and criticism
The biography writer revealed that, after years of solitude and tiredness, he began a new love relationship. The relationship with André Caetano was publicly hired in February 2023. Although he maintains the affection and care of the former member of the group group, Babi decided to move forward in emotional aspects.
In his declaration, he underlines that the reason to seek a new partner was not the absence of intimacy, but the need to fill the emotional void.
“It was not the lack of sex that made me think of a new relationship. It was a solitude. I spent my marital life, with my husband by my side, among the limbs and ovagu, like any relationship, and this solitude was what he added so that I could open my heart.
Biography and Backstage
The work published in July 2025 presents not only the memories of Arrindo’s professional trajectory, but also in the backstage, including marital challenges, episodes of chemical dependence and episodes of overcoming after betrayed. According to the author, relationships aim to show the complexity of a life marked with musical results and personal struggles.
In addition to documenting the years of coexistence and difficulty from the stroke, the book also records the attempt of the family to maintain the hope of a recovery on, even in the face of a clinical diagnosis without a reversal perspective.
Source: Terra
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