Benedito Ruy Barbosa

Benedito Ruy Barbosa

CountryBrazil Brazil
GenderMale
Birthdayavr. 17, 1931
BiographyBenedito Ruy Barbosa (17 April 1931 – 7 July 2026) was a Brazilian screenwriter, journalist, and author of many Brazilian telenovelas. He made his debut as a television writer with Somos Todos Irmãos, which aired on TV Tupi in 1966. Barbosa continued to write for a variety of television networks until he signed as a writer for TV Globo in 1976. He left Globo in 1990 for TV Manchete; after writing Pantanal for Manchete, he returned to TV Globo where he wrote Renascer (1993) and O Rei do Gado (1996). In 2008, he was awarded an Ordem do Mérito Cultural by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture.

Barbosa died from complications of chronic kidney disease on 7 July 2026, at the age of 95.

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