One of the authors of the song Pensa em Mim, Mario Soares, left the Hospital da Beneficência Portuguesa in Santos on Friday (2). He suffered a stroke (cerebrovascular accident) and the family even asked Leonardo for help in finding better doctors. They are now looking for ways to give the artist with a wheelchair a better quality of life.
The information was confirmed by the musician’s son, Marinho Soares TV news🇧🇷 “Today around noon, the doctors gave my father the opportunity to carry out the treatment at home,” he explained in a note.
“He chose to do the treatment with his family and give the space to someone else who might need it. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. The fight continues and we continue to search for recovery,” the statement concludes.
Marinho even contacted Leonardo’s advisor to get help for his father. However, he was blocked by publicist Edy Cury having been hospitalized, she asked the boy to get in touch with the artist directly.
According to information from G1, Mario does physical therapy and water aerobics. He has some difficulties with speech as well as with locomotion.
Marinho, a recycling salesman, is now struggling to provide his father with a wheelchair and a bathtub.
Contact with Leonardo
Marinho Soares, son of composer Mário Soares, had no answer after asking Leonardo for help with his father’s medical treatment. The man tried to contact the singer through Ede Cury, the artist’s manager, but was blocked on WhatsApp.
Soares told Notícias da TV that he sent pictures and audio to Ede. The report had access to the message asking for help in the treatment of the musician responsible for the creation of Pensa em Mim, a great success of the duo Leandro (19611998) and Leonardo.
“The only thing I wanted was for this information to reach Leonardo so that he could help if he felt the need to do so,” he says in a clip from the recording. The boy indicated that he didn’t want to borrow money or financial help, but wanted to get better doctors.
“I don’t blame Leonardo, he is one person and she is another. He saw all my messages, the pictures of my father lying on a stretcher and he wasn’t touched,” he laments in an interview. The emergency call was not just for the artist: it mobilized nurses, business people and family friends.