Noel Rosa [SEP] cause of death
of 1931 and the first in a string of memorable compositions. Noel was a good friend of Cartola, who took care of him several times at his house on the Mangueira slum after some nights of heavy drinking. In the early 1930s Noel Rosa started to show signs of tuberculosis. He would occasionally leave for treatment in mountain resorts, but always ended up coming back to Rio and the nightlife.
Personal life and death.
In 1934, Rosa married Lindaura Martins, a seventeen-year-old neighbour, but
by some of the best-known Carnaval singers of the 20th century, such as Carmen Miranda.
In 1937, Braguinha wrote the lyrics to "Carinhoso", composed by Pixinguinha twenty years earlier. The sophisticated samba-choro would become one of the most recorded songs in Brazilian musical history. Another beloved classic, the lyrical "Pastorinhas", was written in collaboration with legendary samba composer Noel Rosa.
He died on December 24, 2006, at the age of 99; the official cause of death was described