Marcelo Luiz Rezende Fernandes (November 12, 1951 – September 16, 2017) was a Brazilian journalist and television presenter. He began his career as a

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in the city of

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in the coverage of several major games in the 1970s.

Biography

Rezende worked at Rede Globo for 23 years as a reporter, where he was hired to present the ''

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'' police program until December 2000. He was last seen on

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, where he presented the ''Cidade Alerta'' program. In May 2017 Rezende was diagnosed with

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and

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, and eventually died on September 16, 2017, at 17:45 BRT, after suffering from

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References

1951 births 2017 deaths Brazilian television presenters Brazilian television journalists Mass media people from Rio de Janeiro (city) Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Brazil Deaths from liver cancer in Brazil Deaths from cancer in São Paulo (state) {{Brazil-tv-bio-stub