Former Brazilian congressman David Miranda dies at 37
Former Brazilian Congressman David Miranda died in a Rio de Janeiro hospital on Tuesday. Media reports indicate Miranda, 37, had been in the intensive care unit for nine months with a gastrointestinal infection.
His husband, journalist Glenn Greenwald, announced Miranda’s death on his Twitter page. “His death, early this morning, came after a 9-month battle in ICU,” tweeted Greenwald. “He died in full peace, surrounded by our children and family and friends.” Miranda, who would have turned 38 on Wednesday, was born in Rio’s Jacarezinho favela.
Greenwald on his Twitter account noted Miranda’s neighbor adopted him after his mother died when he was 5. “That gave David the chance to live his full potential in a society that often suffocates it,” said Greenwald. “He was key to the (Edward) Snowden story, became the first gay man elected to Rio’s City Council, then federal Congress at 32.
He inspired so many with his biography, passion and force of life.” Miranda and Greenwald met on a Rio beach in 2005. The two men in 2017 adopted two brothers.
