Rafael Fragoso
Rafael Fragoso Pires (1957-8 – Rio de Janeiro, 17 May 2020) better known as Fafa, was a Brazilian businessman and sportsman.[1][2] He was a professional jockey, and was repeatedly Brazilian champion in horse racing.[3]
Biography
[edit]Rafael Fragoso Pires was the son of ex-tycoon José Fragoso Pires, whose empire went into debt in the 1990s. The family owned the failed Oceanic and Amazonian fleets and the extinct Banco Vega.[4]
Rafael liked horses and horse racing, and was Brazilian champion several times, officially representing Brazil in international competitions.[5]
In 2015, he closed his Fragoso accessories and footwear store in Ipanema, south of Rio de Janeiro,[6] which he co-owned with partners Felipe Gomes and Bernardo Gomes.[7]
In March 2020, he was diagnosed with COVID-19, after attending his daughter's engagement party on the 7th of the same month.[8] According to the magazine Época, among the guests there were people who had returned from Italy, the United States and Belgium.[9]
In May 2020, he died of COVID-19, at the age of 62, after being hospitalized for two months, at the State Institute of the Brain (IEC). He had been undergoing treatment for leukemia before being infected by covid.[4] He left his wife, architect and decorator Márcia Müller, and had a daughter from his relationship with Bettina Haegler, Alessandra Haegler Fragoso Pires who was preparing to marry Pedro de Orléans e Bragança, son of Prince Dom Alberto de Orléans e Bragança and grandson of Prince Dom Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Infectado em noivado da filha, Rafael Fragoso Pires morre de coronavírus". Metropoles. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Rio: Empresário da alta sociedade morre por covid-19 após noivado da filha". Uol. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Rio: Empresário da alta sociedade morre por covid-19 após noivado da filha". Bol. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Empresário Rafael Fragoso Pires morre de Covid-19". 17 May 2020.
- ^ Lu Lacerda (17 May 2020). "Morre o gentleman Rafael Fragoso Pires (Fafa): coronavírus leva o cavaleiro e cavalheiro carioca". iG. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Pedidos de falência devem ter maior alta em 10 anos". Folha Vitória. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Crise no comércio carioca afasta os bons produtos da moda nacional". 2 April 2015.
- ^ Cleo Guimarães. "Coronavírus: festa que se tornou foco de Covid-19 tem segunda vítima fatal". Abril. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Sogro de integrante da família real brasileira morre de Covid-19". IstoÉ. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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