The journalist Luiz Antonio Mello dies at 70

An important name for cultural and musical journalism in Brazil, Luiz Antonio Mello died after a cardiac arrest

The journalist died on Wednesday 30 Luiz Antonio Melloat 70 years old. The information was published by the newspaper The podiumFrom Rio de Janeiro, in which he had worked as an publisher since 2021. Mello had a cardiac arrest as he supports a resonance exam and was recovering from a pancreatitis at the ICARAí hospital.

Important name for National Rock, Luiz Antonio Mello (known as Lam) has crossed the vehicles like Tupi radio, Radio Jornal Do Brasil AND Last hour. However, it was inside Fluminense Radio FM who was in front of the program Unpleasantcreated in 1981 and responsible to give visibility to the big names in music, such as Paralamas make the Sucasso, Red baron AND Urban legion. The story was told in the film Increases that is rock’n rollinterpreted Johnny Massaro and directed by Tomás Portella.

After passing the FLUMINENSE FM, which started in 1985 to participate in the implementation of the Globe fmHe worked as a marketing consultant for a record label, he was television director and music producer. Collaborated with several vehicles, including the EstadãoAnd it is the author of the books Nichteroy, this crazy Balzaka (1988), The damned wave (1992), Siluri Itiipu (1995), Survival manual in the Journalism Jungle (1996), Journalism in practice (2006) e 5 and 15, atonal Beta novel (2006).

The city of Niterói said three days of mourning in honor of the journalist.

“Luiz Antonio Mello was in love with Niteroneense of our city and had a mind, an extraordinary creative capacity. Tribune.

Source: Terra

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