Patesko
On the morning of March 13, 1988, Patesko died of tuberculosis in a hospital in Curicica, a western Rio neighborhood. His former club was informed of this by a call from a fan. The club's board of directors organized a proper funeral for the club's idol. His former team-mate João Saldanha, a major sports journalist in his later career and also national coach before the 1970 World Cup, said that he was a fan of Patesko