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Born | Wagner Domingues Costa 5 November 1968 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Died | 9 September 2018 São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 49)
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Years active | 1980–2018 |
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Wagner Domingues Costa (5 November 1968 – 9 September 2018), known professionally as Mr. Catra, was a Brazilian singer and actor.[1] He was known in Brazilian pop culture for his large number of children, having two wives, and his famous laugh at the beginning or ending of his songs.[2]
Biography
Education
Mr. Catra graduated in law and was a polyglot, speaking English, French, German and Hebrew, besides his native Portuguese.[2]
Family
He had 33[3] recognized children with 18 women,[4] Catra used to say that "he always adds 2 because he never knows if he has more (children) around that he doesn't know of". He never asked for a paternity test. Two of his children are adopted and are HIV positive. He had been with one of his three wives for 22 years.[5] One of his sons died at 5 years old, leaving the singer traumatized by his loss.[4] In 2011 he converted to Judaism.[6]
Death
Catra was diagnosed with stomach cancer in January 2017[7] and died on 9 September 2018.[8]
Discography
- O Bonde dos Justos (1994)
- O Segredo do Altíssimo (1996)
- O Fiel (1999)
- Bonde do Tesão (2001)
- Proibidão Liberado (2004)
- Humildade é Tudo (2007)
- Poder da Favela (2008)
- Com Todo Respeito ao Samba (2012)
References
- ^ "Mr. Catra – Album Discography". AllMusic.
- ^ a b "Interview with O Globo".
- ^ Braziliense, Correio (11 August 2017). "Funkeiro Mr. Catra será pai... pela TRIGÉSIMA TERCEIRA vez".
- ^ a b "Mr. Catra revela que perdeu um filho de 5 anos: "Me traumatizou muito"".
- ^ "Passamos um dia com o Mr. Catra, e ele abriu o jogo sobre mulheres, família, religião e drogas". 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Sucesso no 'BBB' e nas ruas, Mr. Catra, agora judeu, diz que a monogamia é um erro" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Mr. Catra revela que trata câncer no estômago e passará por cirurgia". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Mr. Catra morre em São Paulo aos 49 anos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 September 2018.
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