Beto Carrero (born João Batista Sergio Murad; 9 September 1937 – 1 February 2008) was a Brazilian

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owner and

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. He was the creator of the

Beto Carrero World Beto Carrero World theme park located in Penha, Brazil. This park is part of Santa Catarina's signature amusement parks. It is the largest theme park in Latin America occupying divided into 7 different theme areas. History Beto Carrero Worl ...

Park, in the municipality of

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, on the northern coast of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, which is the largest theme park in Latin America and the third largest in the world.

Biography

Carrero was born into a poor family in

São José do Rio Preto São José do Rio Preto () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is located at the northwest portion of the state, 440 km (273 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 700 km (435 mi) from Brasília. As o ...

, a town in upstate

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, on Thursday, 9 September 1937. His father was a Lebanese immigrant who worked on a farm, and his mother was from

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. He worked as a Sertanejo musician, radio announcer and ad salesman before starting an advertising agency and, later, a theme park. He owned what has been called the largest theme park in

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, which he owned from its opening in 1991 until his death. He also appeared in several acting roles under his stage persona, a vaqueiro. On Wednesday, 30 January 2008, he was admitted to

Hospital Sírio-Libanês The Hospital Sírio-Libanês (Syrian-Lebanese Hospital) is one of the most important hospitals in Brazil and South America. The hospital was founded by the large Syrian and Lebanese community of São Paulo in 1921. It is one of the most well-kno ...

, in

, with a cardiac problem and died around two days later. The official cause of death was

endocarditis Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. It usually involves the heart valves. Other structures that may be involved include the interventricular septum, the chordae tendineae, the mural endocardium, or the ...

. He is survived by three sons. In June 2008,

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''Alex Solnik'' released a

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of Beto Carrero. It was titled ''Domador de Sonhos - A Vida Mágica de Beto Carrero'' (which means, in

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, ''Tamer of Dreams - The Magical Life of Beto Carrero'').

Comics

In 1985, the ''As Aventuras de Beto Carrero''

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was published by Cluq Editorial, written by

Gedeone Malagola Gedeone Malagola (São Paulo, July 7th, 1924 - Jundiaí, September 15th, 2008) was a Brazilian comics artist and editor. He started his career in the 1940s, drawing for the newspaper A Marmita. He worked for several comic book publishers until he ...

and with art by

Eugenio Colonnese Eugenio Colonnese ( Fuscaldo, September 3rd, 1929 - Santo André, August 8th, 2008) was an Italian-born Brazilian comic artist. Son of a Brazilian mother (who is African, Portuguese and Indigenous) and Italian father, Colonnese moved to Argentina ...

. Although based on Bandeiras and Sertanejo periods, started in at the end of the 17th century. In the comics Beto did not use firearms, but instead his whip, to fight crime. In November 2006, JB World Entertainment SA, Carrero's illustration and animation studio, launched the comic book ''The Adventures of Betinho Carrero''. The title is about a young fan of Beto Carrero who dresses like him.

Death

Beto Carrero died of endocarditis during surgery at 12:05 AM (02:05 GMT) on Friday, 1 February 2008.

Filmography

* ''

Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia ( en, The Bumbling in the Kingdom of Fantasy, italic=yes) is a 1985 Brazilian live-action/animated film, directed by Dedé Santana and starring by Os Trapalhões. The animation was produced by Mauricio de Sous ...

'' (1985) * ''

O Mistério de Robin Hood Xuxa e os Trapalhões em O Mistério de Robin Hood ( en, Xuxa and the Bumbling in The Mystery of Robin Hood, italic=yes) is a 1990 Brazilian comedy- adventure film, directed by José Alvarenga Júnior. The film is starring Xuxa Meneghel and Os Tr ...

'' (1990) * ''A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão'' (1990, TV series)

References

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* 1937 births 2008 deaths People from São José do Rio Preto Brazilian people of Lebanese descent 20th-century Brazilian businesspeople Deaths from endocarditis {{Brazil-business-bio-stub