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Sunday, 7 August 2016

Brazil plastic surgery maestro Ivo Pitanguy dies at 90

Plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy carries the Olympic torch as it makes its way to Maracana Stadium for the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, 5 August

Celebrated Brazilian plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy has died at the age of 90, a day after passing the Olympic torch for the Rio Games.

He died of a heart attack at home in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, a spokeswoman said. On Friday, he had held the torch in the Rio neighbourhood of Gavea, on the final leg of the Olympic relay.
Brazilian plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy speaking during an interview in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 October 2003
Being interviewed in 2003

He cemented Brazil's place as a destination for plastic surgery, giving the world the "Brazilian butt lift". But he first earned the respect of his fellow citizens by providing his skills free of charge to victims of a disaster.

After a huge circus tent burned hundreds of spectators in the Brazilian city of Niteroi in 1961, Pitanguy tended to disfigured victims.
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