Lito Sousa, creator of the channel Aviões e Músicas, dies at 59
Graduated in journalism from São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Reporter for Revista Oeste since September 2024.
TL;DR
- Lito Sousa, an influencer and aviation expert, died at 59.
- He was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare neurological condition.
- Sousa had over 36 years of experience in aviation and worked for companies like United Airlines.
- His channel "Aviões e Músicas" explained aviation topics in an accessible way and covered major accidents.
- He was the first person in Brazil to receive the experimental drug ALN-6457 for CJD.
- CJD is a rapidly progressing prion disease that affects the brain and is usually fatal within a year.