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Selma Rita Severo Lins, Veteran Globo Journalist, Dies at 73

Her leadership at Globo shaped how Jornal Nacional reported from São Paulo.

Overview

  • TV Globo confirmed she died Saturday in São Paulo from complications of a cancer diagnosed more than 20 years ago.
  • She had been hospitalized for about a month at Hospital Oswaldo Cruz in the city’s south after stepping away from work in 2021 to focus on treatment.
  • Over a decades-long career at Globo, SBT, and Record, she coordinated Jornal Nacional’s São Paulo edition, Brazil’s top nightly newscast.
  • She helped direct coverage of national moments including Ayrton Senna’s death, the Mamonas Assassinas plane crash, and the 2013 street protests.
  • Colleagues posted tributes, including anchor William Bonner, and she leaves a husband and a son as funeral plans have not yet been announced.