Oscar Niemeyer Takes A Turn For the Worse

After being hospitalized, recovering, being hospitalized again, and then making a near-full recovery (even working from his hospital bed), famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has now taken a sharp turn for the worst.

Rio de Janeiro's Samaritano Hospital reports that the 104-year old has suffered kidney failure and is bleeding from his digestive tract; he is lucid, but breathing with the aid of machines.

Story via the Huffington Post

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Cite: Vanessa Quirk. "Oscar Niemeyer Takes A Turn For the Worse" 20 Nov 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/295972/oscar-niemeyer-takes-a-turn-for-the-worse> ISSN 0719-8884

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