Buza Ferraz actor dies at age 59 in Rio de Janeiro

The actor and director Buza Ferraz, 59, died at 3:15 am this Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, according to the Samaritan Hospital, where he was hospitalized. Buza foi encaminhado ao hospital devido a um mal-estar e teve uma parada cardíaca fatal enquanto era atendido. Buza was taken to hospital due to malaise and had a fatal cardiac arrest while being treated. O ator sofria de leucemia. The actor was suffering from leukemia.

Buza, que dirigiu o filme For All - Trampolim da Vitória (1997), fez seu último trabalho em 2006, na série Faça sua História da Rede Globo. Buza, who directed the film For All - Springboard to Victory (1997), made his last work in 2006, the series make its history of Rede Globo. O seu primeiro trabalho foi na novela Selva de Pedra , em 1972. His first work was the novel concrete jungle in 1972. Ele ficou famoso devido ao papel de Cauê na novela O Rebu , de 1975, sendo o primeiro ator a ter um caso homossexual em uma novela da emissora. He became famous because of the role of the novel The Cauê Rebu, 1975, being the first actor to have a homosexual affair in a novel of the station.

Ele também foi produtor do filme Estorvo (2000), baseado na obra de Chico Buarque de Hollanda. He was also Estorvo movie producer (2000), based in Chico Buarque de Hollanda.

Buza's last job in television was in 2006, the novel "Pages of Life" from TV Globo.

Son of the traditional family in Rio, he graduated in Journalism, but chose to devote himself to playwriting. Apoiado pelo pai, começou a trabalhar no teatro em 1969, com musical "Hair", que contava com Sônia Braga no elenco. Backed by his father, began working in theater in 1969, with musical "Hair", which featured Sonia Braga in the cast. Em pouco tempo, Ferraz chegou ao cargo de diretor. Soon, Ferraz reached the position of director.

Na TV, foi galã de diversas produções globais dos anos 80. On TV, it was heart-throb several global productions of the 80s. Sua estreia aconteceu ao lado de Regina Duarte e Francisco Cuoco na novela "Selva de Pedra", de Janet Clair . His debut came alongside Regina Duarte and Francisco Cuoco on the novel "concrete jungle", by Janet Clair. Seu papel mais importante na TV, no entanto, foi na novela "O Rebu" (1972), que exibiu o primeiro caso homossexual da teledramaturgia nacional. Their most important role on the TV, however, was the novel "The Rebu" (1972), which showed the first case of homosexual teledramaturgia nationwide.

Botafoguense, já foi casado com a atriz Gilda Guilhon . Botafogo, has been married to actress Gilda Guilhon. Em 1985, Buza perdeu o pai, que cometeu suicídio. In 1985, Buza lost his father, who committed suicide.

Em 1998, se afastou da tv para fazer cinema. In 1998, retired from television to cinema. Através de sua Bigdeni Filmes, produziu "Estorvo", adaptado do romance de Chico Buarque de Hollanda . Esteve à frente de um único longa-metragem – "For All, o Trampolim da Vitória" (1996), grande vencedor do 25º Festival de Gramado. Through its Bigdeni Films, produced "embarrassment", adapted from the novel by Chico Buarque de Hollanda. He was a leader of one feature film - "For All, the Springboard of Victory" (1996), winner of the 25th Festival de Gramado . Seus trabalhos mais recentes foram nas séries "Malhação" e "Casos e Acasos", embora sua última novela tenha sido "Páginas da Vida" (2006), de Manoel Carlos . His most recent works were in the series "Malhação" and "Cases and Chance," while his last novel was "Pages of Life" (2006), Manoel Carlos.

Era casado com Denise Maia , com quem teve cinco filhos e uma enteada. Denise was married to Maia, who had five sons and one stepdaughter. Em entrevista ao RJ TV, da Rede Globo, Denise revelou que o marido lutava contra uma leucemia, mas que sua morte não teve qualquer associação com a doença. In an interview with RJ TV, Globo, Denise revealed that her husband was fighting leukemia, but that his death had no association with the disease. Ainda de acordo com a viúva, Buza estava em um sítio em Teresópolis, região serrana do Rio, quando começou a passar mal. Also according to the widow, Buza was on a site in Teresopolis, mountainous region of Rio, when he began to feel ill. "Os médicos pediram que ele voltasse para o Rio e procurasse atendimento. Quando ele chegou no hospital teve três paradas cardíacas e uma espécie de edema pulmonar", contou. "The doctors asked him to return to the river and sought care. When he arrived at the hospital had three cardiac arrests and a kind of pulmonary edema.

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