Bussunda
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Rio de Janeiro
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, June 25, 1962 — Vaterstetten
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, June 17, 2006), commonly known as Bussunda (buˈsũdɐ), was a Brazil
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ian humorist and TV comedian, member of the Casseta & Planeta
Casseta & Planeta
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troupe. He was born in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
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, where he lived and worked, having started his career in the 1980s as a writer for satirical magazine Casseta Popular. One of the most popular Brazilian comedians of his generation, the overweight Bussunda was famous for his impersonations of football striker Ronaldo
Ronaldo
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and of Brazil's president Lula
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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. He also did the voice of Shrek
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in the Brazilian Portuguese version of Shrek
Shrek
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and Shrek 2
Shrek 2
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. He was of Jewish descent.
Nickname
"Bussunda" is said to derive from his school nickname "Besserman Sujismundo" ("Filthy Besserman"), since his parents and friends say he wasn't very fond of taking baths; it was a reference to "Sujismundo", a character used in a government-run educational campaign about urban pollution in the early 1970s http://www.mofolandia.com/mofolandia_nova/sujismundo.htm. Besserman also said the word was a contraction of "two of his favorite things, but don't call me 'Bundeta'" (reference to "buceta" and "bunda" – in PortuguesePortuguese language
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, vulgar slangs for vagina and buttocks), though this meaning is assumed to be a backronym
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.
Death
Bussunda died of a heart attackMyocardial infarction
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in a hotel in the neighbourhood of Parsdorf in Vaterstetten
Vaterstetten
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, a suburb of Munich
Munich
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, Germany
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, where some members of Casseta & Planeta accompanied the Brazilian national team
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at the World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
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, for a series of TV shows.
His body was flown from Germany
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back to Rio de Janeiro
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, where funeral services were held at the C.R. Flamengo
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gymnasium (Bussunda had been a long-time fan of Flamengo and often used his celebrity status to promote the club). He is buried at the São João Batista cemetery
Cemitério São João Batista
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in Rio.
Almost every TV show and magazine
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in Brazil
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paid a tribute to Bussunda. The special Casseta & Planeta episode dedicated to him reportedly had the best ratings of the show's history.
The city of Rio de Janeiro named the main street of the Pan-American village
2007 Pan American Games
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"Av. Cláudio Besserman Vianna" after the comedian,http://viajeaqui.abril.com.br/g4r/conheca/ruasrj2007/index.shtml and a public school also received his name.http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/habitat/noticias_rio_pedras.htm
In May 2010, a biography
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about Bussunda was released in Brazil. The book, written by Guilherme Fiuza, was titled Bussunda - A vida do Casseta.http://odia.terra.com.br/portal/diversaoetv/html/2010/5/biografia_de_bussunda_faz_raio_x_dos_cassetas_78495.html