Cláudio Besserman Vianna, the famous comedian "Bussunda" (photo taken by José Cruz/ABr).

Cláudio Besserman Vianna (Rio de Janeiro, June 25, 1962 — Vaterstetten, June 17, 2006), commonly known as Bussunda, 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. The overweight Bussunda was famous for his impersonations of striker Ronaldo and of Brazil's president Lula. Image File history File links Bussunda_AgBrasil. ... Image File history File links Bussunda_AgBrasil. ... Flag Seal Location Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates , Government Country Region State Brazil Southeast Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,260 km² Population     City (2005) 5,613,000 [1]     Density   4. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Vaterstetten is a town in Bavaria, Germany. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Casseta & Planeta is a Brazilian group of comedians who run a TV show named Casseta & Planeta Urgente, broadcasted by Rede Globo. ... Flag Seal Location Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates , Government Country Region State Brazil Southeast Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,260 km² Population     City (2005) 5,613,000 [1]     Density   4. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Ronaldo Luiz Nazário de Lima (born September 22, 1976), simply known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian professional footballer. ... Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (pron. ...

Nickname

"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 [1]. Besserman also said the word was a contraction of "two of his favorite things" (which he did not specify, but likely meant "buceta" and "bunda" – in Portuguese, vulgar slangs for vagina and buttocks), though this meaning is assumed to be a backronym ^{[citation needed]}. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Acronym and initialism. ...

He was one of the most popular comedians in Brasil and did the voice of Shrek in Portuguese. Shrek is a computer-animated film adaptation of William Steigs 1990 fairy tale picture book of the same name. ...

Death

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. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Vaterstetten is a town in Bavaria, Germany. ... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern). ... First international Argentina 3 - 0 Brazil (Buenos Aires, Argentina; September 20, 1914) Largest win Brazil 10 - 1 Bolivia (São Paulo, Brazil; 10 April 1949) Worst defeat Uruguay 6 - 0 Brazil (Viña del Mar, Chile; 18 September 1920) World Cup Appearances 18 (First in 1930) Best result Winners, 1958... 2006 World Cup redirects here. ...

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. Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multimodality sportive association from Rio de Janeiro. ... Cemitério São João Batista is a municipal cemetery in the neighborhood in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro. ...

Almost every TV show and magazine in Brazil did a tribute to Bussunda. The special Casseta & Planeta episode dedicated to him reportedly had the best ratings of the show's history.

References

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• Sports Illustrated "Brazilian comedian dies at World Cup" June 17 2006

• BBC "Comedian dies covering World Cup" June 17 2006

• FOX Sports "Brazilian comedian covering Cup dies in Munich" June 17 2006

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External links

• IMDB entry