According to a tweet from his spouse, journalist Glenn Greenwald, David Miranda, a Brazilian politician, has pἀssed away after a nine-month battle in intensive care. His age was 37 years.
Greenwald, who raised two adopted sons with Miranda wrote on Twitter –
“It is with the most profound sadness that I announce the pἀssing away of my husband @DavidMirandaRio. He would have turned 38 tomorrow. His deἀth, early this morning, came after a 9-month battle in ICU. He dἰed in full peace, surrounded by our children and family and friends.”
Miranda was one of Rio de Janeiro’s first openly gἀy city council members, and he went on to serve in Brazil’s house beginning in 2019. CNN says that Miranda dropped out of the race for re-election in September 2022 after spending six weeks in the ICU with a stomach ἰnfection.
His demise prompted a flood of online tributes. After David Miranda dἰed, people want to know more about him, so keep reading to learn more about who he was.
Who is David Miranda?
David Michael dos Santos Miranda was a politician in Brazil. He was born on May 10, 1985. He was a Federal Congressman for the state of Rio de Janeiro from 2019 to 2023.
In 2022, he switched parties from the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) to the Democratic Labour Party (PDT). Before that, he was a member of the City Council for Rio de Janeiro. Time magazine named Miranda one of the world’s next group of leaders in 2019.
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Miranda was raised in Jacarezinho, Rio de Janeiro. When he was five years old, his mother dἰed, and he moved in with an aunt. He moved out at age 13, quit school, and worked in low-paying jobs for the next six years.
In February 2005, he pushed over Glenn Greenwald’s drink while playing volleyball on Ipanema beach. Within a week of getting together, they moved in together. Miranda graduated from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM) in 2014, after Greenwald urged him to return to school shortly after their first meeting.
Greenwald is publicly gἀy and was married to Miranda, who was also gἀy. In 2017, the couple took in two kids who were already related. Miranda was hospitalized on 6 August 2022 at Clínica São Vicente, in Gávea, to treat a gastrointestinal ἰnfection.
After that, he got sἰck with a string of ἰnfections, including sepsis. He dἰed on May 9, 2023, one day before he turned 38. He had been in the ICU for nine months. His pἀssing has saddened many, including ourselves. You can share your grief with us in the comments section below.