Seu Zito
Jorge Michael Campos
Alfredo Chaves, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 1919 - Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, 1994
Arobat, trapezist, actor, equilibrist, clown. He is the son of Pedro Michael Paracampos (Catalunha, Spain, 1898 - Brazil, c.1961) and Alaíde Michael Paracampos, who died in Salvador, Bahia, c.1953. Zito belongs to the third generation of the Campos familiy, previously known as Paracampos family. His grandfather was João Michael Paracampos (Novisk), a descendant of the Michaelowich family from Eastern Europe. His grandmother was Angelina Robattini Michael Campos. Zito made his circus debut in his childhood and then performed Roman Rings, bar, perch and ladder acts in the circuses Mário Benelli, Tropical (owned by Hudi), Circo do Piranha, Bremen, Santa Helena, Charles Barry, Norte-Americano, Orlando Orfei, Vostok, Tihany, Bismarck and Stankowich until 1994. Zito married Maria Souza Campos (1931 - 1992).