Zacarias (Os Trapalhões)

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| image =

| imagesize = 220px

| caption = Zacarias in Os Trapalhões in 1988.

| name = Zacarias Gonçalves

| birth_name = Mauro Faccio Gonçalves

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|01|18}}

| birth_place = Sete Lagoas, Brazil

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|03|18|1934|01|18|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| othername = Zacaria

| occupation = Actor,comedian

| yearsactive = 1955-1989

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Mauro Faccio Gonçalves (January 18, 1934 — March 18, 1990), known artistically as Zacarias Gonçalves or simply Zacarias ({{IPA|pt|zakaˈɾiɐs}}), was a Brazilian actor, notable for being a member of the comedic group Os Trapalhões.{{Cite web |url=http://www.museudatv.com.br/biografias/Zacarias.htm |title=Zacarias|publisher=Museu Brasileiro de Rádio e Televisão |access-date=2009-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923153635/http://www.museudatv.com.br/biografias/Zacarias.htm |archive-date=2009-09-23 |url-status=dead |language=pt}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.confrariadecinema.com.br/personalidade.jsp?id=8904 |title=Zacarias|publisher= Confraria de Cinema |access-date=2009-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706151956/http://www.confrariadecinema.com.br/personalidade.jsp?id=8904 |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead|language=pt}} He was born in Sete Lagoas.

Cause of death

In December 1989, Zacarias started taking weight loss medicines without medical supervision. He quickly lost at least {{convert|19|kg}}, but this affected his health, and he succumbed to a lung infection. At the time, the sudden weight loss led to widespread rumors (including a headline in tabloid Notícias Populares{{Cite web|url=https://trapalhaozacarias.webnode.com.br/news/aids%20mata%20trapalh%C3%A3o%20zacarias/|title=Aids Mata Trapalhão Zacarias|trans-title=AIDS kills Trapalhão Zacarias|language=pt}}) that he had died of AIDS. However, his family maintains to this day that this was not the case. In 2022, Brazilian director and journalist Rafael Spaca released a movie called Trapalhadas sem Fim (lit. Endless Messes), and resurfaced the claims that Zacarias had died of AIDS, unearthing evidences in the form of his death certificate, which listed some complications that led to his death, some common to HIV patients, with one of them scribbled over beyond recognition{{cite AV media |title=EU TROUXE O ATESTADO DE ÓBITO DO ZACARIAS {{!}} RAFAEL SPACA - PAPO MILGRAU |trans-title=I BROUGHT ZACARIAS' DEATH CERTIFICATE {{!}} RAFAEL SPACA - PAPO MILGRAU|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIh1OfFDTQo |via=YouTube|access-date=2024-03-12 |language=pt|format=Video}}) and testimonies from people who surrounded the artist's life and work.{{Cite web|title=Os Trapalhões: Zacarias era bissexual e teria morrido por complicações do vírus HIV |trans-title=Os Trapalhões: Zacarias was bisexual and died from complications of the HIV virus|url=https://www.diariodolitoral.com.br/nacional/brasil/os-trapalhoes-zacarias-era-bissexual-e-teria-morrido-por-complicacoes/150120/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=www.diariodolitoral.com.br|language=pt}} He died in Rio de Janeiro.