Brazilian Popeye Bodybuilder Arlindo de Souza Dies at 55 After Organ Failure Linked to Synthol Use
Arlindo de Souza, the Brazilian bodybuilder internationally known as the “Brazilian Popeye,” has died at the age of 55 in Recife, Brazil. De Souza passed away on Tuesday after battling severe health complications for several weeks. Doctors linked his death to multiple organ failure, primarily kidney-related, caused by his long-term use of dangerous muscle-enhancing injections.