Dulce Figueiredo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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31st First Lady of Brazil
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Place of Birth: Franco da Rocha, São Paulo, Brazil
About Dulce Figueiredo
- Dulce Maria de Guimarães Figueiredo (May 11, 1928 – June 6, 2011) was the wife of former Brazilian president João Figueiredo and thus the First Lady of Brazil from 1979 to 1985.
- After the death of her husband in December 1999, Dulce began to face financial difficulties.
- In March 2001, she organized an auction to sell items her late husband had received while he ruled the country and received criticism from the press.
- Among the 218 objects auctioned were a bronze cowboy sculpture by Ronald Reagan; two paintings by Di Cavalcanti; a Portuguese statue of Roque de Montpellier presented by Antonio Carlos Magalhães; an inkwell brought by King Juan Carlos of Spain; a silver tray offered by Augusto Pinochet; and a box of cigars given by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
- About one million reais were collected, and approximately 82% of this amount went to Dulce Figueiredo, who, as a general's widow, received a pension of 8,865 reais. A widow since 1999, she died June 6, 2011 at a clinic in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro aged 83.
- Her body was buried in the mausoleum of the Figueiredos, in the Caju Cemetery.
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