- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHerbert José de Souza
- Nickname
- Betinho
- Herbert De Souza was born on November 3, 1935 in Bocaiúva, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was a writer, known for A Terra Queima (1984), Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo (1994) and A Dívida da Vida (1992). He died on August 19, 1997.
- Parents
- RelativesHenfil(Sibling)Chico Mario(Sibling)
- Sociologist and human rights activist. Best remembered for his social activism on fight against hunger and poverty. He was also an AIDS activist, a disease he was a victim, along with his brothers Henfil and Chico Mário, who all contracted from blood transfusions in the early 1980's. All three were hemophiliac.
- Nominated for the Nobel Peace prize in 1994.
- In the song "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista" when the lyrics about the return of Henfil's brother, the person in question is Herbert, as he was living on exile at the time of the composition.
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