Dudu Braga’s widow says she lost 20 kilos after death: ‘I can’t be strong’

Widow of producer and drummer Dudu Braga, son of Roberto Carlos, Valeska Braga took to social media to vent about the loss of her husband to peritoneal cancer in September 2021. He died at the age of 52.

“I don’t show up because I can’t be strong. I’m taking medicine and going to therapy, but it’s very hard to lose the love of your life. I lost my life,” she began. Quoting his daughter Laura, 5, he said he needed to be strong for her. “It’s hard to hear what I hear from her, that she misses so much. I try to be strong, but it’s really hard,” she said.

Over the past seven months, Valeska says she has lost 20 kilos, but is now recovering and is in good health. “I’m learning to feed myself and do everything myself. I’m in good health as far as possible, but now I’ve gained five kilos in three months”, she amended.

Drummer, music producer, broadcaster and speaker Roberto Carlos Braga 2º, better known as Dudu Braga, was hospitalized at Hospital Albert Einstein, in the south of São Paulo, to be treated for cancer of the peritoneum, the membrane that surrounds the organs of the cavity. abdominal. According to the hospital, he underwent a series of hospitalizations for chemotherapy and surgery.

In September 2020, in an interview with José Luiz Datena, he stated that the disease had been discovered at the beginning, but there was no cure. “Maybe I live from chemo to chemo,” he said at the time.

In 2019, Dudu had already faced pancreatic cancer. At the time, because of the treatment, he suspended concerts he would do with the band RC na Veia and the lectures he had scheduled, but he kept his participation in the Bandeirantes radio programming.​

Dudu leaves his wife, Valeska Braga, with whom he had been for over 17 years. The relationship was made official in an intimate ceremony attended by his father.

The two had Laura 5 years ago. With the girl, the musician performed in his father’s end-of-year special in 2018. In addition, he was also the father of Giovanna, 22, and Gianpietro, 17, the result of a previous relationship.

That year, Roberto Carlos also lost his brother Lauro Braga, who was 89 years old. The death was confirmed in March by the singer’s adviser to F5. The cause was not reported.