Faustão

Fausto Silva

Fausto Silva

Brazilian television presenter


Fausto Corrêa da Silva (born May 2, 1950), commonly known as Faustão (literally Big Fausto), is a Brazilian television presenter.[1] He is best known as the host of long-running Sunday afternoon show Domingão do Faustão, which premiered in 1989.

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Due to heart failure, Silva underwent heart transplantation on 27 August 2023 in Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, in São Paulo.[2] [3] He also underwent kidney transplantation in the same hospital on 26 February 2024.[4] [5]

Career

Television

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References

  1. Crocitti, John J. (2011). Brazil Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 604. ISBN 9780313346729.
  2. "Faustão passa por transplante cardíaco; procedimento foi realizado 'com sucesso', diz hospital". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  3. "Faustão passa por transplante de coração". Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (in Brazilian Portuguese). August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  4. "Faustão passa por transplante de rim em São Paulo". CNN Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  5. "Faustão passa por transplante de rim em SP". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2023.

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