Cláudio Besserman Vianna (Rio de Janeiro, June 25, 1962 â€"
Vaterstetten, June 17, 2006), commonly known as Bussunda (Portuguese
pronunciation: [buˈsÅ©dÉ ]), was a Brazilian humorist and TV
comedian, member of the Casseta & Planeta troupe. He was born in Rio
de Janeiro, where he lived and worked, having started his career in
the 1980s as a writer for satirical magazine Casseta Popular. One of
the most popular Brazilian comedians of his generation, the overweight
Bussunda was famous for his impersonations of football striker Ronaldo
and of Brazil's president Lula. He also did the voice of Shrek in the
Brazilian Portuguese version of Shrek and Shrek 2. He was of Jewish
descent."Bussunda" is said to derive from his school nickname
"Besserman Sujismundo" ("Filthy Besserman"), since his parents and
friends say he wasn't very fond of taking baths; it was a reference to
"Sujismundo", a character used in a government-run educational
campaign about urban pollution in the early 1970s - the term
"sujismundo" is a combination of words "sujo" (dirty) and "imundo"
(filthy). Besserman also said the word was a contraction of "two of my
favorite things, but don't call me 'Bundeta'" (reference to "buceta"
and "bunda" â€" in Portuguese, vulgar slang for vagina and buttocks
respectively), though this meaning is assumed to be a
backronym.Bussunda died of a heart attack in a hotel in the
neighbourhood of Parsdorf in Vaterstetten, a suburb of Munich,
Germany, where some members of Casseta & Planeta accompanied the
Brazilian national team at the World Cup, for a series of TV shows.His
body was flown from Germany back to Rio de Janeiro, where funeral
services were held at the C.R. Flamengo gymnasium (Bussunda had been a
long-time fan of Flamengo and often used his celebrity status to
promote the club). He is buried at the São João Batista cemetery in
Rio.
Vaterstetten, June 17, 2006), commonly known as Bussunda (Portuguese
pronunciation: [buˈsÅ©dÉ ]), was a Brazilian humorist and TV
comedian, member of the Casseta & Planeta troupe. He was born in Rio
de Janeiro, where he lived and worked, having started his career in
the 1980s as a writer for satirical magazine Casseta Popular. One of
the most popular Brazilian comedians of his generation, the overweight
Bussunda was famous for his impersonations of football striker Ronaldo
and of Brazil's president Lula. He also did the voice of Shrek in the
Brazilian Portuguese version of Shrek and Shrek 2. He was of Jewish
descent."Bussunda" is said to derive from his school nickname
"Besserman Sujismundo" ("Filthy Besserman"), since his parents and
friends say he wasn't very fond of taking baths; it was a reference to
"Sujismundo", a character used in a government-run educational
campaign about urban pollution in the early 1970s - the term
"sujismundo" is a combination of words "sujo" (dirty) and "imundo"
(filthy). Besserman also said the word was a contraction of "two of my
favorite things, but don't call me 'Bundeta'" (reference to "buceta"
and "bunda" â€" in Portuguese, vulgar slang for vagina and buttocks
respectively), though this meaning is assumed to be a
backronym.Bussunda died of a heart attack in a hotel in the
neighbourhood of Parsdorf in Vaterstetten, a suburb of Munich,
Germany, where some members of Casseta & Planeta accompanied the
Brazilian national team at the World Cup, for a series of TV shows.His
body was flown from Germany back to Rio de Janeiro, where funeral
services were held at the C.R. Flamengo gymnasium (Bussunda had been a
long-time fan of Flamengo and often used his celebrity status to
promote the club). He is buried at the São João Batista cemetery in
Rio.
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