Widow of Ilya São Paulo thanks support and says actor died peacefully at home: ‘It was his will’

Claudia Provedel spoke for the first time after the death of her husband, actor Ilya São Paulo, at the age of 59, last Tuesday. The actress posted two messages on her Instagram profile, one in mourning and the other thanking her for the support she has received.

“I thank you on behalf of the family for all the messages of affection. We are very sad, but llya is at peace. He left calmly, at home, as he wanted. We will never forget him”, posted Claudia, who had a daughter, now a teenager, with the actor.

The news of Ilya São Paulo’s death was given by actor Anselmo Vasconcelos on his Facebook profile last Tuesday. According to Vasconcelos, Ilya had been hospitalized for a long time at the Miguel Couto Hospital, in Rio de Janeiro, where he treated a serious injury to his shoulder. He, however, was already at home, where he was found already dead by his wife, Claudia Provedel, in the morning of the same day.

In his post, Anselmo Vasconcelos states that the actor was his student at the Martins Penna Theater School, where he met his wife, with whom he had a daughter. Ilya was also married to actress Patricia França between 1995 and 1997. Claudia Provedel could recently be seen in the cast of the six-part telenovela “Além da Illusion”.