Actress Elizangela do Amaral Vergueiro dies at age 68

Death

Actress died in Guapimirim, Rio de Janeiro

Actress Elizangela do Amaral Vergueiro died this Friday (3), aged 68, in Guapimirim, Rio de Janeiro. The information was confirmed by the city hall.

According to Guapimirim City Hall, the actress was admitted to the hospital with a cardiorespiratory arrest. In a note, it was reported that Elizangela had sought the health unit with serious respiratory problems a few weeks ago.

“The Municipality of Guapimirim regrets the death of the renowned actress. This is the second time that the municipality’s health system has served Elizangela. At first, Elizangela was admitted to the unit with serious respiratory problems, and after a few weeks, she was discharged from the unit”, says the hospital note.

Trajectory

Elizangela do Amaral Vergueiro was born on December 11, 1954, in Rio de Janeiro. He started on television as a child, at 7 years old, on TV Excelsior. Her arrival at Globo was in 1966, when she worked behind the scenes on Capitão Furacão.

Among the many notable works, Emilene’s role in the first version of Pecado Capital (1975) stands out. Throughout her career, the actress was in other productions, such as Jogo da Vida; For love; and Lady of Destiny.

In 2019, he participated in A Dona do Pedaço, by Walcyr Carrasco.

Vaccine controversy

In 2022, Elizangela was hospitalized with consequences of Covid-19. The actress, at the time, had complications and almost needed to be intubated.

The city of Rio de Janeiro reported that she had not, at that time, taken any dose of the vaccine against the new coronavirus.

*With information from Metrópoles

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