Seventh-Day Mass for Telenovela Icon Manoel Carlos to Be Held in Ipanema Today

Overview

• The memorial service is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Paz in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.
• Manoel Carlos died on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 92 after a Parkinson’s-related hospitalization at Hospital Copa Star in Copacabana.
• Granddaughter Sofia Frank, 24, shared an Instagram tribute with photos and wrote that Leblon feels empty without him.
• Over more than six decades, his work featured everyday relationships and the signature Helena across novelas like Baila Comigo and Laços de Família.
• Born in São Paulo but closely linked to Rio’s Leblon, he leaves five children, including actress Júlia Almeida.