The funeral service for the actress, singer and presenter Lolita Rodrigues, who died this Sunday (5) from pneumonia at the age of 94, will take place next Monday (6) in a ceremony closed to friends and family. The location has not yet been announced and the artist’s body will be cremated.
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In 2015, after turning 86, the actress gave up her fame to live a simple life by the sea in João Pessoa, the capital of Paraíba, where she died. For Lolita, voluntary exile was accompanied by the desire to withdraw and enjoy life with her family in a quieter and less stressful way.
— I am insecure and always want to do everything exactly right. I feel a mixture of joy and fear, but I think all actors are like that. Even after so many years in the profession, every new figure is like a debut day she commented in an interview with the newspaper O Globo, when she spoke about the perfectionism that she always pursued in every work, both in her youth and in her old age Age.
Sylvia Gonçalves Rodrigues Leite, known by her stage name Lolita Rodrigues, was born in March 1929 in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, and was part of the generation that pioneered television in Brazil. It was she who sang the song “Hino da TV Brasileira” with lyrics by Guilherme de Almeida and music by Marcelo Tupinambá on TV Tupi’s debut broadcast on September 18, 1950.