Hebe Maria Monteiro de Camargo Ravagnani DmSE • Dama Oficial • DmIH[1] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛbi mɐˈɾi.ɐ mõˈtejɾu dʒi kɐˈmaʁɡu ˌʁavɐˈɲɐ̃ni]; 8 March 1929 – 29 September 2012) was a Brazilian television host, singer and actress.

[4] She was invited by Assis Chateaubriand to attend the first live broadcast of Brazilian television, in the neighborhood of Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil.

[11] She also presented Fora do Ar, and participated in Telethon, comedy specials, and Romeu e Julieta, in which she starred with Ronald Golias and Nair Bello.

She also has participated in social activities, such as taking part in the Cansei movement, a 2007 protest critical of the Brazilian government.

A bulletin issued by the hospital later reported that Hebe was subjected to a diagnostic laparoscopy, which found cancer.

[14][15] On 8 January 2010, Camargo was admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo[16] for surgery to remove cancer from the peritoneum.