The driver Walter Garcia worked with Silvio Santos for 40 years when he was fired.
The death of Silvio Santos complete 1 year this Sunday (17) AND The vast biography of the television legend still arouses curiosity. One of the main mysteries of the presenter’s life is the sudden break with his driver, Walter Garcia. He had worked for 42 years with the owner of the chest when he was fired in December 1997.
Walter’s resignation took place in a moment of administrative renovation SBT. 1997 was a year marked by numerous layoffs on the station, including people with important positions at home.
According to the newspaper Folha de São Paulo at that moment, Walter had been fired for the fact that he, being a personal friend of SilvioIt should “serve as an example” to justify the resignation of the others close to the owner of the station. “In theory, it would be a false dismissal. In practice, it was not so,” the vehicle described.
Walter did not swallow justification and was rather injured. The driver started working with Silvio when he didn’t even have a car. The friend was responsible for bringing him to commitments in the 1950s. “It was with me, in my taxi, that he learned to direct,” he said.
There is no information on where Walter is after the resignation. At the time he was 64 years old, two less than Silvio.
SBT lost an important director in the same year
The previous month, was the turn of the director Luciano Callegari, who helped Silvio find the SBT, get away from the station. Once operating artistic superintendent, it was relegated to the position of consultant after the renovation …
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