In the world of celebrities, there are not only cases of people achieving fame and successful careers. Drugs are unfortunately ubiquitous and it’s no different in the artistic world.
There are several cases of artists including those who fell into addiction and ended up losing not only their jobs but their lives as well. Globo actor Antônio Firmino, who first ventured into the job market as a model with no intention of working as an actor, and a few years later decided to study theater and dance studies, was one of those who unfortunately met a sad end had.
Antônio Firmino (viewer’s right) in “Bite and Blow”; The actor died of an overdose. 🇧🇷 (playback globe)
The star landed his first television job on the soap opera Pé na Jaca (2006), bringing the character Beto to life. For those who don’t remember, the Globo heartthrob, who has always attracted everyone’s attention with his beauty, also starred in other series such as: Duas Caras, Toma la da Cá, Viver a Vida, Guerra & Paz and Sangue Bom a prominent role. that was his last job when he lost his job.
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However, the artist, who had a promising future, lost his life prematurely and in the worst possible way. Antônio Firmino died alone in the bathroom of his home in Jacarepaguá, in Rio’s West Zone, at the age of 34 in 2013. At that time, cocaine and a crack pipe were found. The artist’s body had powder in his nose, which was bleeding. The sad death appeared this Sunday after publication by the TV Focus portal.
The actor was still saved by a medical team, but could not resist and eventually died. The case was investigated by police and it was found that the house had been searched and there was evidence of an overdose
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According to Daniela Terra, the delegate in charge of the case, by the time the actor’s girlfriend got home, everything was upside down and that he had freaked out before. “The family wanted to take him to the hospital in Minas Gerais, but he didn’t go,” he informed.
However, the actor’s sister Núbia denied that the Globo heartthrob was a drug user in an interview with R7: “A year ago my brother was drinking, grossing it up sometimes, but he went to AA (Alcoholics Anonymous). We are Christians, he went on an encounter with God and saw that he wanted to be careful not to become an alcoholic. He was sad about the end of the soap opera and was on antidepressants, but I don’t believe it. It made no sense that someone who had quit drinking was wearing anything worse,” he said.