Affected by a rare disease, journalist Arnaldo Duran is fired in a new episode of Record

Affected by a rare disease, journalist Arnaldo Duran is fired in a new episode of Record


The TV veteran confirmed the firing; journalist was cut due to the salary considered high




Veteran journalist Arnaldo Duran, 68, has been fired in a new move promoted by Record, a broadcaster he has been part of since 2006. The dismissal of the special correspondent for Spectacular Sunday occurred due to the considered high salary. The information comes from F5 and was confirmed by Earth.

Duran was informed of his dismissal on Friday the 29th. In the report, the television veteran says he is surprised: “I’m still in shock. My bosses said it was an administrative decision to contain expenses, over which they had no influence ” “.

Duran’s dismissal from the journalistic core of Edir Macedo’s station is part of a package of layoffs expected at the beginning of the year, after Record recorded a loss of R$500 million in 2022. In 2023 the balance is remained negative, as well as other well-known names, must leave the station.

On the small screen since the 1980s, Duran has built a long career in journalism. Having worked for the extinct Rede Manchete and TV Globo, the journalist also worked in the team of Here nowof SBT, in the 90s. For 18 years at Record, he was also part of Record magazine.

In 2016, Duran revealed that he had been diagnosed with Machado-Joseph syndrome, a degenerative disease of the nervous system, popularly known as “stumbling disease”, due to lack of coordination of voluntary muscle movements and loss of balance.

Additionally, other parts of the body such as the brainstem, medulla, peripheral nerves, and nucleus basalis of the brain are also affected. In interviews at the time, the journalist stated that he had almost lost the ability to speak due to the disease, but had recovered it with treatment and prayers. The disease has no cure.

Source: Terra

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