The composer and music producer Paulo Debétio died this Monday (19) at the age of 77. He had been admitted to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro since Sunday (18), where he was suffering from malaise and a cardiac arrest. The artist collaborated with renowned names in MPB and Sertanejo, known for writing the songs Tieta and Nuvem de Lágrimas.
He will be cremated on Tuesday (19) in Penitência, in Caju, also in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. The wake is open to the public and begins at 9:30 a.m. The information was confirmed by his family in a statement on Instagram.
The man from Pernambuco gained musical fame in the late 1980s with Guarânia, when he brought the Paraguayan rhythm to Brazilian radio stations with the voice of the duo Chitãozinho e Xororó and Fáfá de Belém. In 1989, Simone was even more successful with Uma Nova Mulher, under the contract of Debétio and José Bonifácio de Oliveira Sobrinho, known as Boni.
He also participated in other compositions with Paulinho Resende, illuminating ballads, boleros, sambas and other musical genres. Chitãozinho and Xororó recorded other songs he wrote that became classics: Somos Assim, Perigosas Emoções, Confidências and Meninos Passarinhos.
Debétio has worked with Alcione, Elymar Santos, Jair Rodrigues (19392014), Agepê (19431995), Emílio Santiago (19462013), Sandy and Junior, Gian and Giovani, Margareth Menezes and with the singer Wando (19452013). ). 2012).