Fausto Fanti

Throughout most of his life Fausto suffered from bouts of depression; his brother Franco Fanti would elaborate that, during his final years, he was "obsessive", "on the verge of paranoia and not taking any antidepressants".

[10][11] According to statements by his acquaintances, his mental health was also further negatively affected following his separation from his wife, Karla Peixoto Sento Sé, in early 2014, with whom he had a daughter, Nina (8 years old at the time of his death); they married in 1997.

[12] On July 30, 2014, he was found dead on his bathroom at his apartment in the bairro of Perdizes, West Zone of São Paulo, with a belt around his neck, by his wife and two of his Hermes & Renato colleagues, Adriano Silva and Marco Antônio Alves;[13] the attorney investigating the case stated that, "without a doubt", it was a suicide.

[14] In a statement to news portal R7.com, a close friend of Fanti's who asked to remain anonymous would compare his death to the case of Charlie Brown Jr. vocalist Chorão, who also sunk into depression following his separation from his companion and had died following a cocaine overdose the year prior.

[17][18] Franco eventually replaced Fausto on Hermes & Renato when it went to FX in 2015;[19] in 2019 he stated that he himself had been diagnosed with bipolar II disorder,[20][21] and began using his social media to chronicle his struggles with mental illness.