Luís Lombardi Neto | |
Birth Date: | September 22, 1940 |
Birth Place: | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
Death Date: | December 2, 2009 (aged 69) |
Death Place: | Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil |
Children: | Luiz Fernando Lombardi |
Occupation: | Announcer |
Luís Lombardi Neto, known as Lombardi (September 22, 1940 – December 2, 2009) was a Brazilian television announcer and voice actor.
Lombardi started his career in the 1950s doing voiceovers for commercials on TV Paulista, a station owned by Rede Globo in São Paulo.[1] He remained at Rede Globo for fifteen years, leaving the station when Silvio Santos decided to create the TVS.[1] After his success in television, he also hosted radio programs. It was while he was doing commercials that Silvio Santos found him. He soon became the announcer for the Silvio Santos Show, and, at the time of his death, he had a radio program at a station in Santo André. The pair worked together for over 40 years, until Lombardi's death in 2009.
Lombardi died[2] in his sleep[3] at his home in Santo André, São Paulo, on December 2, 2009[4] of a heart attack.[5] He was 69 years old.