Scylla Médici Explained

Scylla Médici
Office:First Lady of Brazil
Term Label:In role
Term Start:30 October 1969
Term End:15 March 1974
President:Emílio Garrastazu Médici
Predecessor:Iolanda Barbosa
Successor:Lucy Markus
Birth Name:Scylla Gaffrée Nogueira
Birth Date:4 October 1907
Birth Place:Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Children:Sérgio Nogueira Médici
Roberto Nogueira Médici

Scylla Gaffrée Nogueira Médici (4 October 1907 – 25 January 2003) was the First Lady of Brazil between 1969 and 1974 and the wife of Brazilian President Emílio Garrastazu Médici.

With her husband, she had two sons: Sérgio and Roberto. As a Brazilian first lady, Scylla was discreet. Her husband died in 1985. Scylla Médici died of natural causes, in a public hospital, aged 95, in Rio de Janeiro on 25 January 2003.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.memorialdafama.com/biografiasEI/EmilioMedici.html Site in Portuguese.
  2. http://www.sbn-net.com.br/seculoxxi/2003/text/brasil/02.html Site also in Portuguese, about her death.
  3. http://geraldofreire.uol.com.br/conteudoPrimeirapagina2702.2.htm Another site in Portuguese.