Francisco Adam
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Francisco Adam was a Portuguese
actor, best known for his humorous role as Dino, short for Bernardino Esteves, in the Portuguese youth telenovela
Morangos com Açúcar
.
Francisco grew up in the village of Runa, near Torres Vedras
. At the age of 18, he moved to Lisbon
to become a model, first for Elite Models and later for On Fashion. After 4 years of working for fashion and advertisement campaigns, Francisco was cast in Morangos com Açúcar
. He had a considerable following on the Internet
, mostly from Portuguese teenage girls, who nicknamed him the Dino-man.
According to TVI
, Francisco was supposed to become the central character in Morangos com Açúcar
in the following season.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
actor, best known for his humorous role as Dino, short for Bernardino Esteves, in the Portuguese youth telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Morangos com Açúcar
Morangos com Açúcar
Morangos com Açúcar is a Portuguese Teen drama. It is broadcasted daily on the Portuguese TV station TVI since 2003. In Portugal, it is currently on its eight season....
.
Francisco grew up in the village of Runa, near Torres Vedras
Torres Vedras
Torres Vedras is a city and a municipality in the district of Lisbon, Portugal, about 50 km north of Lisbon. It belongs to the Oeste subregion and the Centro region.The municipality covers an area of 405.89 km² distributed over 20 freguesias...
. At the age of 18, he moved to Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
to become a model, first for Elite Models and later for On Fashion. After 4 years of working for fashion and advertisement campaigns, Francisco was cast in Morangos com Açúcar
Morangos com Açúcar
Morangos com Açúcar is a Portuguese Teen drama. It is broadcasted daily on the Portuguese TV station TVI since 2003. In Portugal, it is currently on its eight season....
. He had a considerable following on the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, mostly from Portuguese teenage girls, who nicknamed him the Dino-man.
Death
Francisco died in a car accident near Alcochete, at 0350 UTC on April 16, 2006 (Easter Sunday), at the age of 22, after an autograph signing session at a nightclub in Coruche. Autopsy confirmed the presence of cocaine and alcohol on his system at the time of death.According to TVI
TVI (Portugal)
Televisão Independente is Portugal's fourth terrestrial television channel, launched in 1993. It has been leading audience ratings since 2005. It competes directly with SIC and RTP1.-History:...
, Francisco was supposed to become the central character in Morangos com Açúcar
Morangos com Açúcar
Morangos com Açúcar is a Portuguese Teen drama. It is broadcasted daily on the Portuguese TV station TVI since 2003. In Portugal, it is currently on its eight season....
in the following season.