The artist had been hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro since the end of November
The actor Pedro Paolo Rangel, 74 years old, died at dawn on Wednesday 21. He had been hospitalized in the Intensive Care Center of the Casa de Saúde São José, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The cause of his death has not yet been disclosed.
Pedro Paulo Rangel was hospitalized on 30 November to treat a decompensation of pulmonary emphysema. Last Saturday, the 17th, he began to wake up after stopping the sedation. The idea of the medical team was to evaluate the possibility of removing the respirator, even with an “impaired kidney function”.
Despite progress in recovery, the medical team still considered the state of Pedro Paolo Rangel “delicate”. The actor had been battling the effects of COPD (lung disease that clogs the airways), caused by smoking, since 2002.
Life and work
Born in 1948, in Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Paulo Marchesi Rangel he lived in Rio Satdisfatto, in the Northern Zone of the city. You had your first contact with the theater at the age of 11.
Still in his youth, he joined the theater group of the Church of Santa Terezinha, where he met the actor Marco Naniniwith whom he would later study at the National Conservatory of Theatercurrent School of Theater of the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Unirio).
The actor made his debut in Globe in 1972, on the soap opera wild animal🇧🇷 His first successful character was Juca Viana, in Gabriella🇧🇷 In the soap opera, Pedro Paolo Rangel starred in the first male nude on TV. In the scene, Juca and Chiquinha (Cidinha Millan) were expelled for being caught in bed.
Among the most notable works of Pedro Paolo RangelMoreover Gabriella (1975), they are Saramandaia (1976), Everything is alright (1988) and the humorous pirate television (1988).
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