Brazilian Volleyball Confederation mourns the death of Olympic champion Pampa, aged 59
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André Felippe Falbo Ferreira, also known as Pampa, the 1992 Olympic volleyball champion, died on Friday, July 7, at the age of 59 in São Paulo. The former spiker was in the ICU of Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital, due to complications from lung problems caused by a reaction to chemotherapy. He was undergoing treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system). The wake...
O ex-jogador André Felippe Falbo Ferreira, o Pampa, que conquistou o primeiro título olímpico do vôlei brasileiro nos Jogos de Barcelona (1992), morreu nesta sexta-feira (7), aos 59 anos, na UTI do Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, na capital paulista. O ex-ponteiro fazia tratamento para linfoma de Hodgkin (câncer no sistema linfático). Em nota de pesar, a Confederação Brasileira de Vôlei (CBV), lamentou o falecimento, ressaltado a…
Olympic volleyball champion Pampa dies at 59
Pampa was being treated for lymphoma, cancer of the lymphatic system. He had been hospitalized for months and was intubated at the end of April for treatment.
This Friday (7), former player and Olympic champion Pampa died at the age of 59. His real name was André Felippe Falbo Ferreira. He was being treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma and had complications. He was transferred to the Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital of São Paulo on April 19 to receive the necessary treatment, but he did not survive. In 1992, Pampa won the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics. In 1988, he participated in the Seoul Olympics, …
The Brazilian Volleyball Confederation issued a note of regret over the death of the 1992 Olympic volleyball champion, André Felippe Falbo Ferreira, known as “Pampa”. He died this Friday in São Paulo, aged 59, as a result of pulmonary complications caused by a reaction to chemotherapy due to lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system). Initial plugin text
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