Brazilian actor Pedro Paulo Rangel died, aged 74, at Casa de Saúde São José, in Rio de Janeiro. The information was confirmed by the family. The cause of death, however, has not yet been disclosed.
Pedro Paulo Rangel treated complications derived from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, known by the acronym COPD. He was even intubated.
The artist had been hospitalized in mid-November for the same reason and was discharged on the last 26th. However, he ended up having to return to the unit. Actor was fighting the effects of chronic disease, caused by years of smoking. Because of it, he recently had to cancel the season of the play “O ator o Lobo”, with which he was showing at Casa de Cultura Laura Alvim, in Ipanema, also in the South Zone of Rio.
Born on June 29, 1948, Pedro Paulo Rangel is one of the great names of Brazilian television. The artist had his first contact with the theater at the age of 11. Passionate about discovery, he decided to be an actor. It was at that time that he wrote a play so he could act: “When Parents Go on Vacation”.
As a child, Pedro Paulo Rangel met Marco Nanini and the two walked together to the National Theater Conservatory – today, the Theater School of the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
His first professional performance in the theater was in 1968, in the play Roda Viva, by Chico Buarque. Two years later, he debuted on television, on TV Tupi in São Paulo, in the soap opera Super Plá.
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