Last farewell! Family and friends greet Luis Fernando Verissimo on a trail

Last farewell! Family and friends greet Luis Fernando Verissimo on a trail


The author died at the age of 88 at dawn Saturday (30); The funeral occurred in the morning and extended until 16:45

In the early hours of this Saturday (30), Luis Fernando Verissimo He died after not having resisted the complications caused by pneumonia. The famous writer left his wife, Lúcia Veríssimoand your three children, Fernanda, Marian AND Pedroin addition to two grandchildren. Later it was announced that his wake would take place in the Júlio de Castilhos room of the Rio Grande Do Sul, in the center of Porto Alegre legislative assembly. The ceremony began at noon and extended until 16:45.




Admirers, friends and family began to arrive around 11:30 to pay their latest honors. However, the burial of the body, which occurred in the cemetery and souls of San Miguel, was limited to the family. The author had been hospitalized at the Moinhos de Vento hospital since 11 May.

Eduardo LeiteThe governor of Rio Grande do sul, decreed three days of official mourning in the state. “Rio Grande do sul and Brazil loses one of the big names of national literature, whose work has marked generations of readers with intelligent balconies and a peculiar mood to talk about our challenges of Brazilians.He said.

Source: Terra

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