The cartoonist Paulo Caruso, aged 73, died this Saturday morning (4th) in São Paulo. He was admitted to Hospital Nove de Julho, in the center of São Paulo. Born in the city of São Paulo on December 6, 1949, Caruso was a caricaturist, illustrator, cartoonist and musician. Paulo José Hespanha Caruso had a twin brother, Chico Caruso, also a cartoonist. Since 1987 he has been on Roda Viva, a TV Cultura program, illustrating interviews. Graduated in Architecture from FAU-USP, he did not follow a career and started as a cartoonist for Diário Popular in 1960. From then on, he worked in various communication vehicles such as O Pasquim, magazines Careta, Senhor and Istoé. Among the many books published, As Origens do Capitão Bandeira, 1983, stands out, and others with ironic scenes that accompany Brazilian political history, Ecos do Ipiranga (1984) and Bar Brasil na Nova República (1986). In addition, he also wrote São Paulo by Paulo Caruso-Um Olhar Bem-Humorado sobre Esta Cidade (2004), in honor of the 450 years of the metropolis. Paulo Caruso received several awards, such as best designer, by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics – APCA, in 1994. Due to his ability for satire and caricature, combined with his numerous production, his work is best known in the country. The President of the Republic Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva mourned Caruso’s death and said that he was a great draftsman and political columnist, with an inexhaustible creativity, who portrayed with talent and awareness the day to day that builds our recent history. “His quick strokes and his humor are already part of the national memory. He contributed with his talent in the fight for democracy and for a country with the right to freedom of expression. My condolences to his brother, Chico, to his family, friends and admirers’ , said Lula in a note. There is no information about the wake and burial.
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