FILE PHOTO: Bruno Covas, mayor of Sao Paulo, celebrates his re-election during the municipal elections in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 29, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Bruno Covas, the 41-year old mayor of Brazil's largest city and financial hub Sao Paulo, has died of cancer, the Sirio-Libanes Hospital where he was being treated confirmed on Sunday.
Tributes poured in from across the political spectrum for Covas, who followed in the political footsteps of his grandfather Mario Covas, who served as both mayor and governor of Sao Paulo.
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