Domingos Montagner
A popular TV Star has tragically passed away in the line of duty while filming for highly acclaimed soap opera. Domingos Montagner who happens to be one of Brazil's best-loved television actors, has died.
Montagner drowned in a river where the crew had been recording scenes for the country's most popular soap opera.
According to BBC, Montagner played the leading role in Velho Chico, a soap opera named after the Sao Francisco river where he died.
The 54-year-old, taking alittle brak, had gone for a swim with an actress, after a day of shooting in the north-eastern state of Sergipe.
She said he was dragged away by the river's strong currents.
The actress, Camila Pitanga, cried for help but local people failed to act initially as they believed the drowning was a scene in the soap opera.
Authorities said there was little that anyone could have done.
In the soap opera, Montagner played a farmer who often fought off local gunmen. In one of those clashes, he was shot multiple times and appeared to drown in the same Sao Francisco river, but reappeared weeks later.
"They thought they had chosen a safe spot to swim, but that is one of the most dangerous areas in the town of Caninde and usually avoided by locals," police chief Antonio Francisco Filho told O Globo.
One person, on average, has drowned every year in the town since 2005, reports said.
Four hours after the incident, rescue teams found Montagner's body underwater, some 300 metres (984ft) from where he drowned.
The news of his death has caused commotion in Brazil, where fellow actors and social media users have paid tributes to the actor.
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