Departures of note

Filemon Félix de Moraes was a Brazilian professor, writer and specialist in the Portuguese language, widely known as Professor Filemon. He died on 27 September 2026 at the age of 67 after a rapidly spreading cancer. Born in Poconé, he lived in Brasília, where he prepared candidates for public-service exams and university entrance tests, giving free classes that helped form many public employees. Over his career he published 35 didactic books on Portuguese. He was one of the founders of the Academia de Letras de Águas Lindas de Goiás (Aletras) and served as its president from March 2017 to March 2021, encouraging the publication of local authors, including the mother of singer Renato Russo.