Departures of note

Raimundo Botelho Neto, known on air as Roberto Santa Cruz, was a Brazilian radio broadcaster based in Paraíso do Tocantins, where he presented the program Tarde Líder on Rádio Líder 95.7 FM. He spent three decades in radio and was regarded as one of the great names of Tocantins broadcasting. Over his career he presented programs on several stations, including Rádio Líder, Rádio Transamérica, Rádio Araguaia in Araguaína, and Rádio 96 FM in Palmas. He received a diagnosis of lung cancer in September 2025 and traveled to Barretos, São Paulo, in November of that year for treatment, where he was photographed playing the cavaquinho during his hospital stay. He died on October 5, 2026, at the age of 63, after an 11-month battle with the disease. He was married to Rosevan Botelho for 39 years and had a son.