Shaolin (humorist)
Shaolin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Francisco Jozenilton Veloso 8 May 1971 Coremas, Paraíba, Brazil |
| Died | 14 January 2016 (aged 44) Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil |
| Notable work | Cartoonist, caricaturist, journalist and writer |
| Comedy career | |
| Genre | Satire |
Francisco Jozenilton Veloso (8 May 1971 – 14 January 2016), better known by his pseudonym and stage name Shaolin, was a Brazilian cartoonist, caricaturist, humorist, comedian, and media presenter.[1]
Biography
He was born in Coremas, Paraíba. He started his career at the Teatro Municipal Severino Cabral in Campina Grande. He also worked as a presenter on Rádio Campina Grande[2] and drew cartoons for the newspapers A Palavra, Jornal da Paraíba, and Revista Nordeste.[3]
Shows
His best-known shows are Domingão do Faustão, Show do Tom and later Tudo é Possível ("All is possible"), with Ana Hickmann, in which he satirized Brazilian celebrities such as Leonardo, Joelma (singer in the duo Banda Calypso) and Zezé di Camargo.
Accident
On 19 January 2011, Shaolin was seriously injured in a traffic accident when his car collided with a truck in Campina Grande on the highway BR-230.[4][5]
Until May, he remained in a coma in intensive care,[6] and then left the hospital to go home, although he had not recovered from his injuries.
In September 2012, he began communicating again using movements of his eyelid helped by a machine.[7]
Family
In December 1994, he married Laudiceia Veloso, with whom he had two children.[8]
Death
On 14 January 2016, Shaolin died following a myocardial infarction.[9]
References
- ^ "Humorista Shaolin morre em Campina Grande". Acervo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 May 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ^ Shaolin: A mundiça continua Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, auniao.pb.gov.br. Retrieved 17 January 2016. (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Shaolin".
- ^ Top 10: acidentes famosos (in Portuguese)
- ^ Humorista Shaolin sofre grave acidente de carro em Campina Grande (PB). Retrieved 17 January 2016.(in Portuguese)
- ^ Shaolin muda da UTI para quarto para evitar infecção, diz mulher do humorista Archived 25 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, noticias.r7.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Após ganhar aparelho que lê movimento dos olhos, Shaolin volta a conversar com a família Archived 11 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine, noticias.r7.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016. (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Morre humorista paraibano Shaolin". A União - Jornal, Editora e Gráfica (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Humorista Shaolin morre em Campina Grande" (in Portuguese). G1 Paraíba. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.