Sun.Star Cebu

GIRL FROM IPANEMA,

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Helo Pinheiro, now 71, the woman who immortaliz­ed the 1960s bossa nova classic returns to Brazil as a torch bearer on final day of the 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay. Now a mom and grandma, Helo, then 17, inspired Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese poet Vinicius de Moraes to write the world renowned tune, which starts “Tall and tan and young and lovely...”

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