What is Gugu Liberato?
{{Infobox person | name = Gugu Liberato | image = Vagner Santana & GUGU2 (cropped).jpg | caption = Gugu in 2019. | birth_name = Antônio Augusto de Moraes Liberato | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1959|04|10}} | birth_place = [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|21|1959|4|10|mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Orlando, Florida]] | known_for = | occupation = TV host, businessman, singer, actor, producer | net worth = | spouse = Rose Miriam di Matteo }} '''Antônio Augusto de Moraes Liberato''' (April 10, 1959 — November 21, 2019), better known as '''Gugu Liberato''' or just '''Gugu''', was a [[Brazil]]ian television presenter, [[businessman]], actor and singer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gente.ig.com.br/gugu/#topoBiografia |title=Gugu: Biografia, fotos, vídeos, notícias – iG |access-date=2019-11-23 |archive-date=2018-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713070912/http://gente.ig.com.br/gugu/#topoBiografia |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gugu was hired by [[Silvio Santos]] after writing letters suggesting television shows to be aired. He started in [[television]] at age fourteen as a production assistant on the program ''Domingo no Parque,'' presented by Silvio Santos on [[SBT]]. He was thought one of the most famous and successful Brazilian television hosts of all time. Shortly before his death, Gugu owned a fortune of about $1 billion built over a career started as an office boy. Gugu set up an empire that includes a television and video production company, sixteen stores that bear his name, a water park and a gas station. On November 20, 2019, Gugu suffered an accident in his house in [[Orlando, Florida]], when he fell from the ceiling and hit his head. He died the following day, November 21, but his family only released an official note on November 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vejasp.abril.com.br/cidades/morre-gugu-liberato/|title=Morre Gugu Liberato, aos 60