The death was announced by the family on social networks
Harold Costaactor and writer, died this Saturday 13. The information was revealed by the family on their Instagram profile. “We will provide information about the wake and burial soon,” said the note, which did not specify the cause of death.
The beginning of his career dates back to the Teatro Experimental do Negro, still in the 1950s. As an artist, he also worked on television.
He wrote several books, including some on Carnival, a subject on which he was an expert and on some occasions became a commentator. Among them, 100 years of carnival in Rio de Janeiroreleased in 2001.