Pitanguy, Brazil's icon of plastic surgery, dead at 90
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Ivo Pitanguy, a plastic surgeon whose skill with the scalpel drew celebrities to his operating table from around the world and made him a cultural icon in beauty-obsessed Brazil, died on Saturday. He was 90.
Pitanguy died of a heart attack in his Rio home on Saturday afternoon, a spokeswoman said. He had been suffering from a kidney illness since last year, she said.
In his last public appearance, seated in a wheelchair, Pitanguy held the Olympic torch in the Rio neighborhood of Gavea where his clinic is located on the final leg of the relay to Friday's opening of the Games. (Reporting by Anthony Boadle Writing by Stuart Grudgings; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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