Cartoonist Sérgio de Magalhães Gomes Jaguaribe, known as Jaguar, died this Sunday (24) in Rio de Janeiro. He was hospitalized at Hospital Copa D´Or.
In a statement, the hospital’s press office informed that the artist was hospitalized due to a respiratory infection that progressed to renal complications. “In recent days, he was under palliative care. The hospital expresses its solidarity with the family, friends, and fans for this irreparable loss to Brazilian culture,” the document says.
Jaguar began his career in 1952, while working at Banco do Brasil. At that time, he managed to publish a drawing in the Penúltima Hora humor column in the newspaper Última Hora (RJ). He later published his cartoons on the humor page of Manchete magazine (RJ). The pseudonym by which he became famous was suggested by Borjalo.
During Brazil’s military period, he launched one of his most famous characters, the little mouse Sig, which was the mascot of the newspaper O Pasquim, of which Jaguar was one of the founders. The artist was arrested once and faced lawsuits during that period.
Check the hospital’s note on Jaguar’s death:
“Hospital Copa D’Or regretfully announces the death of Mr. Sérgio de Magalhães Gomes Jaguaribe, known as Jaguar, aged 93, this Sunday afternoon. The patient was hospitalized due to a respiratory infection that progressed to renal complications. In recent days, he was under palliative care. The hospital expresses its solidarity with the family, friends, and fans for this irreparable loss to Brazilian culture”.
Tributes
On social media, fellow artists paid tribute to Jaguar and mourned the cartoonist’s death. Cartoonist Arnaldo Angeli Filho wrote that Jaguar was the “greatest” and deserves all reverence for the art he left behind.
“Owner of the most rebellious line in Brazilian cartoons. We continue here with his blessing,” he said.
Cartoonist Laerte Coutinho, in a post on X, referred to the idol as “dear master.” Another cartoonist, Allan Sieber, recalled that when he moved to Rio de Janeiro, Jaguar even edited his book “Assim rasteja a humanidade.”
Cartoonist Genildo Ronchi also highlighted in a social media post that the world knows the importance of Jaguar’s legacy. Chico Caruso, in an interview on TV Globo, considered the artist’s death an irreparable loss for humor and for Brazil.
Source: Agência Brasil