João Batista Sergio Murad (September 9, 1937 – February 1, 2008) was a Brazil

Brazil

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ian theme park owner and entertainer.

Carrero was born into a poor family in São José do Rio Preto

São José do Rio Preto

São José do Rio Preto is a city and municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Is located at the north/northwest portion of the state, 450 km from the city of São Paulo and 700 km from Brasília....

 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

Latin America

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, Beto Carrero World

Beto Carrero World

Beto Carrero World is the largest theme park and multi-theme park in Latin America, located in the municipality of Penha, Santa Catarina state, in Brazil. The park is a venture of the late Beto Carrero. The inauguration took place in 1991 and in 2009 already has more than 150 attractions to suit...

 in Penha

Penha

For the neighborhood in São Paulo, see Penha . For the neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, see Penha Circular. For the convent in Espírito Santo, Brazil, see Penha Convent....

, which he owned from its opening in 1991 until his death. He also appeared in several acting roles under his stage persona, a cowboy

Cowboy

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.

On January 30, 2008 he was admitted to Sírio Libanês Hospital, in São Paulo

São Paulo

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, with a cardiac problem and died two days later. The official cause of death was endocarditis

Endocarditis

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. He is survived by three sons.

In June 2008, journalist

Journalist

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 Alex Solnik released a biography

Biography

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 of Beto Carrero. It was titled Domador de Sonhos - A Vida Mágica de Beto Carrero (which means, in Portuguese

Portuguese language

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, Tamer of Dreams - The Magical Life of Beto Carrero).

Comics

In 1985, the As Aventuras de Beto Carrero comic book

Comic book

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 was published by Cluq Editorial, written by Gedeone Malagola and with art Eugenio Colonnese. Although based on Westerns

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, in the comics Beto did not use firearm

Firearm

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s, but instead his whip

Whip

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, to fight crime.

In November 2006, JB World Entertainment SA, Carrero's illustration and animation studio, launched the comic book The Adventures of Betinho Carrero. The title is about a young fan of Beto Carrero who dresses like him.

Filmography

• O Mistério de Robin Hood (1990)
• Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia(1985)
• A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão (1990) TV series

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