Brazil’s Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas Dies of Cancer at 41
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Bruno Covas
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Bruno Covas, mayor of the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, has died after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 41.
Covas died on Sunday at Hospital Sirio Libanes, according to a medical report. He’d been in treatment since 2019, when he was diagnosed with a tumor between the esophagus and stomach that had already spread to his liver. In February, doctors said there was new evidence of the disease. He was admitted to the hospital May 2, when he announced he was taking a 30-day leave.