Abril’s Civita, Brazilian Billionaire-Publisher, Dies at Age 76

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Billionaire Roberto Civita, an Italian-born publisher who created Brazil’s biggest weekly news magazine, has died. He was 76.

Grupo Abril’s chairman died yesterday at the Sirio-Libanes hospital in Sao Paulo after three months battling an abdominal aneurysm, according to his company’s website. He is survived by his wife Maria Antonieta and three children.