Wagner Domingues Costa (5 November 1968 – 9 September 2018), known professionally as Mr. Catra, was a Brazilian singer and actor.[1] He was known in Brazilian pop culture for his large number of children, having two wives, and his famous laugh at the beginning or ending of his songs.[2]
Mr. Catra |
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Born | Wagner Domingues Costa (1968-11-05)5 November 1968
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Died | 9 September 2018(2018-09-09) (aged 49)
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- Singer
- rapper
- songwriter
- activist
- actor
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Years active | 1980–2018 |
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Mr. Catra graduated in law and was a polyglot, speaking English, French, German and Hebrew, besides his native Portuguese.[2]
He had 33[3] recognized children with 18 women,[4] Catra used to say that "he always adds 2 because he never knows if he has more (children) around that he doesn't know of". He never asked for a paternity test. Two of his children are adopted and are HIV positive. He had been with one of his three wives for 22 years.[5] One of his sons died at 5 years old, leaving the singer traumatized by his loss.[4] In 2011 he converted to Judaism.[6]
Catra was diagnosed with stomach cancer in January 2017[7] and died on 9 September 2018.[8]
- O Bonde dos Justos (1994)
- O Segredo do Altíssimo (1996)
- O Fiel (1999)
- Bonde do Tesão (2001)
- Proibidão Liberado (2004)
- Humildade é Tudo (2007)
- Poder da Favela (2008)
- Com Todo Respeito ao Samba (2012)