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Glória Maria
1949–2023
Brazil
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Glória Maria Matta da Silva (15 August 1949 – 2 February 2023) was a Brazilian journalist, reporter, and television host. With a career that spanned since the 1960s, she is widely considered the first television reporter and TV host of African descent to achieve national success in Brazil. In 2023, Parque das Ruínas in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Jeniero was officially renamed Glória Maria Municipal Park in her honor.
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