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Fausto Silva

Fausto Silva
Silva in 2005
Born
Fausto Corrêa da Silva

(1950-05-02) 2 May 1950 (age 74)
Porto Ferreira, São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active1964–2023
Career
ShowPerdidos na Noite (1984–1988)
Domingão do Faustão (1989–2021)
Faustão na Band (2022–2023)
NetworkTV Gazeta (1984)
RecordTV (1984–1986)
Band (1986–1988; 2022–2023)
TV Globo (1989–2021)

Fausto Corrêa da Silva (born 2 May 1950), commonly known as Faustão (literally Big Fausto), is a Brazilian former television presenter.[1] He is best known as the host of long-running Sunday afternoon show Domingão do Faustão, which premiered in 1989.

Due to heart failure, Silva underwent heart transplantation on 27 August 2023 in Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, in São Paulo.[2] [3] He also underwent kidney transplantation in the same hospital on 26 February 2024.[4] [5]

Career

Television

Year Work Role Channel
1983-1984 Balancê Announcer Rádio Excelsior / TV Gazeta
1984–1988 Perdidos na Noite Presenter TV Gazeta / RecordTV / Band
1988 Safenados e Safadinhos Presenter Band
1989–2021 Domingão do Faustão Presenter TV Globo
1996 Não Fuja da Raia Himself[6] Viva
2022–2023 Faustão na Band Presenter Band

Cinema

Year Work Role
1990 Sonho de Verão Himself
1991 Inspetor Faustão e o Mallandro Inspetor Faustão

References

  1. ^ Crocitti, John J. (2011). Brazil Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 604. ISBN 9780313346729.
  2. ^ "Faustão passa por transplante cardíaco; procedimento foi realizado 'com sucesso', diz hospital". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Faustão passa por transplante de coração". Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (in Brazilian Portuguese). August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Faustão passa por transplante de rim em São Paulo". CNN Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "Faustão passa por transplante de rim em SP". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "Faustão, Miguel Falabella e Elba Ramalho são os convidados do programa – Não Fuja da Raia – Programas – Canal Viva". Canal Viva. January 2, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.


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