‘Brazilian Popeye’
Lifeless at 55
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Tragedy in Brazil — Arlindo de Souza, recognized for injecting mineral oil and alcohol into his arms to attain his “Brazilian Popeye” look — has died at 55.
Members of the family say the bodybuilder handed away Tuesday in Recife, in Brazil’s Pernambuco state, after struggling problems tied to renal failure, for which he had been hospitalized since December.
Denis Gomes de Luna, Arlindo’s nephew, stated certainly one of his kidneys shut down first, earlier than the opposite failed round Christmas. Fluid then constructed up in his lungs, and he went into cardiac arrest earlier than medical doctors might even start haemodialysis — an usually life-saving therapy for kidney failure.
An official demise certificates hasn’t been issued but, however medical doctors imagine Arlindo died from a number of organ failure.
Arlindo shot to fame within the 2000s — making TV appearances within the 2000s to indicate off his excessive, cartoonish muscular look. His biceps have been reportedly a staggering 73 centimeters round.
He was 55.
RIP
