Corinthians mourn Paulo Soares Amigão, iconic sports journalist | OneFootball

Journalist Paulo Soares, affectionately known as Amigão, passed away on Monday, September 29, at the age of 63, due to multiple organ failure. Corinthians expressed their sorrow for the loss.

“Sport Club Corinthians Paulista mourns the passing of journalist Paulo Soares, known as “Amigão”. He left us on Monday (29), due to multiple organ failure. Paulo Soares was 63 years old. With over 20 years in television, “Amigão” presented, alongside Antero Greco, the SportsCenter program at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and they became great program partners for many years. In his brilliant career, Paulo Soares worked at Globo, Bandeirantes, Record, Gazeta, Estadão ESPN, SBT, Cultura and TV Gazeta. We wish a lot of strength to family and friends and close people in this moment of mourning and pain”, the club published on its social networks.

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Amigão had been hospitalized for several months at the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo, to treat a spine problem. He did not resist the complications and died due to multiple organ failure. The wake takes place later this Monday, starting at 1pm, at the Funeral Home, located in the Bela Vista neighborhood, in the São Paulo capital.

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