Gloria Maria is Brazil's first TV journalists has passed away at the age of 73.

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Maria started her career as a reporter for TV Globo in Brazil early in the 1970s.

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In the largely white male-dominated media environment Maria is the first well known Black woman journalist.

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Maria had hospitalised in Rio de Janeiro battling a brain tumour the cause of her death was not revealed.

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Maria has received praise from Brazilian President Lula who has called her "one of the finest journalists."

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Brazilian President Lula wrote on Twitter, Maria left her mark in the memory of Brazilian men and women.

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Maria visited more than 100 countries and conducted interviews of former US President Jimmy Carter and celebrities like Michael Jackson.

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Maria was the first female journalist from Brazil to cover a war reporting the Falklands War in the South Atlantic.

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Maria was born in Rio de Janeiro the daughter of a housekeeper and a tailor and She left behind two daughters.

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Gloria Maria Matta da Silva was a Brazilian journalist, reporter, and television host.

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