The press stopped! The last days of Samuel Wainer's last hour

Journalist Benicio Medeiros recounts Samuel Wainer's most dramatic moments at the helm of the newspaper Última Hora! Founder of an empire that lasted 20 years, Wainer was a populist passionate about his work and brought together heavyweights in his team of columnists: Nelson Rodrigues, Stanislaw Ponte Preta, Antonio Maria. With the 1964 coup, he had his rights revoked. Exiled in Paris, he managed to keep Última Hora running until 1971, when he sold the newspaper to pay off debts. From boss to employee, he ended up in a studio apartment, banging away at a typewriter and with only one chair in his apartment. He died at age 70, alone, in a hospital hallway.