Actress Ilka Soares dies at 89

Actress Ilka Soares dies at 89

Actress in soap operas from the 1970s, such as Locomotivas, Ilka Soares died of lung cancer

Ilka Soares, actress of several soap operas on TV Globo, died this Saturday, 18, at the age of 89. She was hospitalized in a clinic in the south of Rio de Janeiro and was being treated for lung cancer.

The news was confirmed by his grandson, the stylist Thomas Azulay (via Yahoo! News).

“It is with sadness and peace that the family communicates the passing of our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and biggest star. Ilka Soares. She leaves nostalgia and the certainty that life is beautiful. Live ilka!” he said in a statement posted on social media.

the debut of ilka it was in the cinema, in the movie iracema (1949), inspired by the book by José de Alencar (via CNN). In the 1970s, he lived Heavenly in locomotives– first telenovela of the 7 broadcast in color – in addition to roles in flag 2 and Bad angel.

Actress would have turned 90 on Monday, 21.

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Source: Rollingstone

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