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Gerson da Cunha died from a cardiac arrest in Mumbai on 7 January 2022, at the age of 92.
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by the government of Brazil in 2018 for his services to that country.
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Da Cunha acted in
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Da Cunha was married to Uma, a theater and film critic.
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