Helga Oliveira, Pioneering Rio Grande do Norte Sports Journalist, Dies at 51

Overview

• Her death was confirmed on Thursday, June 25, after weeks in hospital for pneumonia while she was receiving treatment for leukemia.
• She rose to prominence as a presenter for Inter TV Cabugi and Globo Esporte RN from 1999 to 2007 before leaving television to focus on family and business.
• Reports say she had battled leukemia for about five years and that her condition worsened in early June, with one outlet reporting ICU treatment, intubation and a later tracheostomy.
• In later years she used her profile to promote awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder, taking part in an Assembly campaign and sharing her experience as a mother on social media.
• A wake and burial were scheduled for the morning of Friday at Morada da Paz Emaús and official condolences came from the journalists' union, the state government, the Legislative Assembly and local clubs; she is survived by her husband Luis Henrique and two children.