Carmen Miranda on The Jimmy Durante Show (1955) - Her last performance - Part 1/2

On August 4, 1955, Miranda suffered a heart attack during a segment of the live The Jimmy Durante Show, although she did not realize it. After completing a dance number, she unknowingly suffered a mild heart attack, and nearly collapsed. She quickly pulled herself together and finished the show. At the end of the broadcast, she smiled and waved, then exited the stage. She died later that night after suffering a second heart attack at her home.

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[thomas58ish]

What a professional to finish the show while in agony...she tried so hard to please her fans. Rest in heavenly peace, Carmen.

[jackric54]

I remember seeing this show in 1955.

[IToldHimNotToDoIt]

So bittersweet this is. Carmen is so vibrant and so alive, doing what she was born to do. Even though she was near death filming this show, her presence makes me laugh with delight.

[FredDude27]

This is the first time I've seen Carmen Miranda without fruit on her person!

[9lalika]

@joaosotiry Eu sei que ela é de portugal, mais como ela mesma disse ela se criou no Brasil, e ela se sentia muito mais brasileira que portuguesa, pq ela cresceu aqui. (:

[joaosotiry]

@9lalika Ela por acaso e de Portugal mas costuma-se dizer que Carmen Miranda tinha o corpo de Portugal e a alma do Brasil,

[9lalika]

Ela é aqui do Brasil, e temos orgulho de Carmem Miranda ter vindo da qui (:

[etreduardo]

What a terrible irony. She sings about "heartache" at the very beginning and, later that same night, she suffers a heart attack and passes away. Oh Gosh, I hope she is having the best after life ever! Hahaha! She deserves it.

Regards from Brazil!

[videocrazier]

What's a strange coincidence! In this music she is singing in portuguese (a samba called "Delicado") she starts singing exactly this: "When I hear Delicado, i fell a pain just here on my side, just here on my HEART. "

Really, this was the last music she performed ever, and a few hours later, she died by heart attack.

[Tonykaos]

she was born in Portugal,raised in Brazil damn .I always thought she was the Chiquita banana lady lol also unbelievable that she had a heart attack during this show