00:00Euripides Valdique Soriano
00:08Born in Caeté on May 13, 1933
00:14He was a Brazilian singer and composer, an icon of music classified as brega.
00:20Born in Bahia, son of Manuel Sebastião Soriano
00:26Amethyst merchant in the Brejinho das Ametistas district, in his hometown
00:32A notable fact of his childhood was the abandonment of home by his mother, to whom he was very attached.
00:40In Caeté he lived his youth, always bohemian, until an incident in a local club.
00:48That made him seek his destiny outside the city
00:52From a very young age, he was a veteran flirt and adventurer.
00:57And following the path of many country folk, he tried to make a living in São Paulo.
01:03Before embarking on an artistic career, he worked as a farmer, shoe shiner and prospector.
01:12Despite the difficulties, he managed to become known in the 50s with the song Quem És Tu
01:23He stood out for his songs about heartbreak and his revolutionary look for the time.
01:31He always wore black clothes and sunglasses
01:35His biggest hit was I'm Not a Dog, which was re-recorded in broken English by Falcão
01:42Other songs of his also became known, such as The Passion of a Man, The Letter, The Lady in Red and If I Die Tomorrow.
01:53In his hometown, Valdique was always treated with a certain amount of contempt.
02:00The aristocratic Caeté, maintained only its most popular layers a faithful admiration
02:07Ali had two of his twin sons, almost unnoticed in 1966.
02:15In the mid-90s, however, the city had a politician to rescue the Illustrious Son
02:24Councilor Edilson Batista starred in a great tribute
02:29Who named one of the main avenues after Valdique
02:33Shortly after, SBT produced a documentary there.
02:39Staged by local residents portraying the youth of Valdique
02:44His passion for teacher Zilmar Moura
02:48The move to the south
02:50Silvio Santos, by the way, starred with Valdique
02:54One of the most unusual scenes on Brazilian television
02:58In the hug they gave, they lost their balance.
03:02And until they both fall, embraced on the ground
03:05There, then, they simulated faith, causing much laughter.
03:10Valdique was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2006
03:18On July 2, 2008, it was announced that his health condition was serious.
03:24Because the disease has already metastasised
03:27He died on September 4th at the National Cancer Institute.
03:33In Vila Isabel, north of Rio de Janeiro
03:37In Vila Isabel, north of Rio de Janeiro
03:42In Vila Isabel, north of Rio de Janeiro
03:43In Vila Isabel, north zone, pain of friendship and pain of friendship
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