Arlindo Cruz had a stroke in 2017 and faced several surgical interventions; Remember

After an accident, the composer never behaved again

The sambista Arlindo Cruz He died this Friday, 8, in Rio de Janeiroat 66 years old. Considered by many as “Perfect Sambista”, the singer is one of the main names of the musical genre and is responsible for the composition of almost 700 songs.

Sambista’s health, however, has been delicate for a few years. In 2017, Arrindo suffered a Wax brain (Hit). He was hospitalized for 15 months, for most of this period in intensive care.

During the recovery, he suffered 14 surgical interventions – five of which in the lead – as well as a pulmonary embolism. After a year and a half in the hospital, Arrindo returned home. The Sambista, however, began to live with serious sequences: lost body movements and language. After the accident, he never showed up.

In his recovery process, the composer has undergone numerous physiotherapy and speech therapy sessions. In 2020, the singer presented some improvements. In his profile on social networks, the singer Arlindinho, the son of Arrindo, revealed that his father was able to pronounce some words and feed himself.

Sambista’s photo, however, was worse in July 2023. The musician was again hospitalized, this time at the intensive treatment center of San José Health House, in Rio de Janeiro, to cure pneumonia. Still in 2023, he returned to the hospital and it was almost a month under medical assistance to treat a bacterial paroti.

In 2024, Arrindo had to return to the hospital to treat the respiratory and urinary tract infections. In July of the same year, it was subjected to four dental backgrounds in a hospital environment.

In April 2025, the singer had to be hospitalized again to face pneumonia. At the time, the medical team that was taken care of by Arrindo said in a note that “because of their already delicate health, the case inspires extra treatments”. He was discharged on June 18, after almost 50 days in the hospital.

The singer, however, had to return to the hospital only a few days after being released. According to your wife, Babi CruzThe singer fought resistant bacteria. “There were more than 30 lungs, so we believe it will reverses this, without a doubt,” he said at that moment. Unfortunately, Arrindo was not discharged from this hospitalization and died in the hospital.

Source: Terra

Earl

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