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Sunday, March 29, 2020
Daniel Azulay, renowned Jewish Brazilian artist and educator, dies of virus
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDaniel Azulay, one of Brazil’s most prominent children’s artists and educators, died March 27 at 72 in Rio de Janeiro. Azulay was being treated for leukemia when he contracted the coronavirus.
Azulay was the creator of “Turma do Lambe-Lambe,” a group of children’s characters that starred in television shows that a generation of Brazilian children grew up watching. More recently, he focused on painting, displaying his work in exhibitions abroad and illustrating a picture book about a Brazilian child who moves to the United States.
Azulay was also deeply connected to Brazil’s Jewish community, which numbers about 100,000. He was a descendant of the founding members of Rio’s first Sephardic synagogue. At 21, Azulay was a member of the Brazilian tennis delegation to the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem.
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Morre o artista plástico Daniel Azulay, aos 72 anos, vítima de coronavírus https://t.co/hAILfvkB5C
— Bernardo Mello Franco (@BernardoMF) March 28, 2020
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