Shaolin (humorist)
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| Birth name | Francisco Jozenilton Veloso |
| Born | 8 May 1971 Coremas, Paraíba, Brazil |
| Died | 14 January 2016 (aged 44) Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Genres | Satire |
| Notable works and roles | Cartoonist, caricaturist, journalist and writer |
Francisco Jozenilton Veloso (8 May 1971 – 14 January 2016), better known by his pseudonym and stage name Shaolin, was a Brazilian cartoonist, caricaturist, humorist, comedian and media presenter.
Biography[edit]
He was born in Coremas, Paraíba. He started his career at the Teatro Municipal Severino Cabral in Campina Grande. He also worked as a presenter on Rádio Campina Grande[1] and drew cartoons for the newspapers A Palavra, Jornal da Paraíba and Revista Nordeste.[citation needed]
Shows[edit]
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His best-known shows are Domingão do Faustão, Show do Tom; and most recently Tudo è Possível ("All is possible") with Ana Hickmann, in which he satirized Brazilian celebrities, for example Leonardo, Joelma (singer in the duo Banda Calypso) and Zezé di Camargo.
Accident[edit]
On 19 January 2011, Shaolin was seriously injured in a traffic accident when his car collided with a truck in Campina Grande on the highway BR-230.[2][3]
Until May he remained in a coma in intensive care,[4] and then left hospital to go home although he had not recovered from his injuries.
In September 2012 he began communicating again using movements of his eyelid helped by a machine.[5]
Family[edit]
In December 1994 he married Laudiceia Veloso, with whom he had two children.[citation needed]
Death[edit]
On 14 January 2016, Shaolin died following a myocardial infarction.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Shaolin: A mundiça continua Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, auniao.pb.gov.br. Retrieved 17 January 2016. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Top 10: acidentes famosos (in Portuguese)
- ^ Humorista Shaolin sofre grave acidente de carro em Campina Grande (PB). Retrieved 17 January 2016.(in Portuguese)
- ^ Shaolin muda da UTI para quarto para evitar infecção, diz mulher do humorista Archived 25 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, noticias.r7.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Após ganhar aparelho que lê movimento dos olhos, Shaolin volta a conversar com a família[permanent dead link], noticias.r7.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016. (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Humorista Shaolin morre em Campina Grande" (in Portuguese). G1 Paraíba. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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