Alexandre Lippiani (September 11, 1964 – May 24, 1997) was a Brazilian actor who reached fame in the early to mid-1990s acting in ''

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s'' and

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and the now-defunct

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. His most remembered role was the one of the priest Eurico in the 1996 ''telenovela'' ''

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''.

Biography

Lippiani was born in Belo Horizonte on September 11, 1964, later moving to

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. He debuted on

's 1987 ''

'' ''Sassaricando'', and continued to work with them until 1990, when he left for

to act in ''

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''. After briefly returning to Globo for the ''telenovelas'' ''

Sonho Meu ''Sonho Meu'' (, ) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It ran from September 27, 1993, to May 14, 1994. It was written by Marcílio Moraes and directed by Reynaldo Boury, with co-direction by Roberto Naar. The action t ...

'' and ''

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'', he once again left them to return to Manchete, where in 1996 he acted in ''

''. Around the same time, he provided the voice of

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in the Brazilian Portuguese dub of the first ''

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'' film, and also voiced actor

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on the first two seasons of the series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' (after his death, he was replaced by Marco Ribeiro and Guilherme Briggs respectively). Lippiani's final credited role was in the 1997 film '' For All - O Trampolim da Vitória''.

Death

He died on May 24, 1997, at the age of 32, after losing control of his car and crashing it into a

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Personal life

He was the cousin of fellow actor

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lippiani, Alexandre 1964 births 1997 deaths Brazilian male film actors Brazilian male television actors Brazilian male telenovela actors Brazilian male voice actors Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city) Actors from Belo Horizonte Road incident deaths in Brazil 20th-century Brazilian male actors