- Beto Carrero
João Batista Sergio Murad (
September 9 ,1937 –February 1 ,2008 ) was aBrazil iantheme park owner andentertainer .Carrero was born into a poor family in
São José do Rio Preto and worked as a country 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
Latin America ,Beto Carrero World inPenha , which he owned from its opening in 1991 until his death. He also appeared in several acting roles under his stage persona, acowboy .On
January 30 2008 he was admitted to Sírio Libanês Hospital, inSão Paulo , with a cardiac problem and died two days later. The official cause of death wasendocarditis . He is survived by three sons. [cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jj4yj37U9DWYfLMh8iNpt2MokknAD8UI4TD80
title=Obituaries in the News
pub=Associated Press
date=2008-02-02] [(Portuguese)cite news|url=http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI2305080-EI1118,00.html
title=Empresário Beto Carrero morre em São Paulo (Entrepreneur Beto Carrero dies in São Paulo)
pub=Terra (Brazil)
date=2008-02-01]In June 2008,
journalist "Alex Solnik" released abiography of Beto Carrero. It was titled "Domador de Sonhos - A Vida Mágica de Beto Carrero" (which means, in Portuguese, "Tamer of Dreams - The Magical Life of Beto Carrero"). [(Portuguese)cite news|url=http://odia.terra.com.br/cultura/htm/biografia_do_empresario_beto_carrero_traz_historias_dos_bastidores_da_tv_178673.asp|title=Biography of Beto Carrero|pub=O Dia (Brazil)
date=2008-06-17]Filmography
*
O Mistério de Robin Hood (1990)
*Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia (1985)
*A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão (1990) TV seriesReferences
External links
*imdb name|id=0140146|name=Beto Carrero
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