Mário Filho, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mário Filho

Brazilian journalist

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1908

Place of Birth: Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1966

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Mário Rodrigues Filho, better known as Mário Filho (Recife, June 3, 1908 – Rio de Janeiro, September 17, 1966) was a Brazilian journalist and writer. Born in the capital of Pernambuco state, Mário Filho moved to Rio while still a child, in 1916.
His father, Mário Rodrigues, owned the newspaper "A Manhã" ("The Morning").
The younger Mário began at his father's paper in 1926 as a sports reporter, pursuing a relatively undeveloped form of journalism.