Image copyrightDOMINGOSMONTAGNEROFFICIALImage captionMontagner had been recording an episode of the Velho Chico soap opera
One of Brazil's best-loved television actors, Domingos Montagner, has drowned in a river where the crew had been recording scenes for the country's most popular soap opera.
Montagner played the leading role in Velho Chico, a soap opera named after the Sao Francisco river where he died.
The 54-year-old had gone for a swim with an actress after a day of shooting in the north-eastern state of Sergipe.
She said he was dragged away by the river's strong currents.
The actress, Camila Pitanga, cried for help but local people failed to act initially as they believed the drowning was a scene in the soap opera.
Authorities said there was little that anyone could have done.
In the soap opera, Montagner played a farmer who often fought off local gunmen. In one of those clashes, he was shot multiple times and appeared to drown in the same Sao Francisco river, but reappeared weeks later.
'Dangerous area'
"They thought they had chosen a safe spot to swim, but that is one of the most dangerous areas in the town of Caninde and usually avoided by locals," police chief Antonio Francisco Filho told O Globo.
One person, on average, has drowned every year in the town since 2005, reports said.
Image copyrightINSTAGRAM/@ANGELICAKSYImage captionTV presenter Angelica Huck wrote on Instagram: "I can't believe it - an incredible actor and human being. May God give light and peace to his family."
Four hours after the incident, rescue teams found Montagner's body underwater, some 300 metres (984ft) from where he drowned.
'Life imitates art'
Montagner was born in Sao Paulo and had a career in the circus before becoming a television actor, in 2008.
This was his 12th role on TV. His first significant soap opera role was in 2011, and he had his film debut in 2012.
A soap opera affair
Soap operas, or novelas, are traditionally some of the most-watched TV programmes in Brazil, and are broadcast in dozens of other countries
The main time slot, at 2100 on Globo TV, is watched, on average, by 50% of the viewing public
In key moments that number can reach up to 80%
In 2012 Globo said one of its most successful soap operas was watched by38m people daily
But viewership has declined in recent years mainly because of paid TV channels and new viewing habits
Each episode reportedly costs up to 800,000 reais ($242,000; £183,000) to make
And a 30-second commercial break at a final episode can cost 500,000 reais ($151,000; £114,000)
Montagner had been married for 14 years to actress Luciana Lima, with whom he had three children.
The news of his death has caused commotion in Brazil, where fellow actors and social media users have paid tributes to the actor.
Image copyrightTWITTER - @LIGIAFREITASSImage captionThis user said on Twitter: "I can't get the death of Domingos Montagner out of my head. An entire soap opera dedicated to a river that, in the end, takes (the life of) its main character"Image copyrightTWITTER - @GENTEFIZTWITERImage captionAlso on Twitter, this user wrote: "Good people die early. It has always been like this.Image copyrightTWITTER - @UOLBIEBERImage captionAnd this user said: "Paul Walker and Domingos Montagner are the definition of the sentence: life imitates art"
The football team he supported, Corinthians, praised him also for his success as a handball player for the club's affiliate in the 1980s.
His latest film, Um Namorado Para Minha Mulher (A Boyfriend For My Wife), was released two weeks ago.
The BBC's North America Reporter Anthony Zurcher says the statement signed by senior Trump advisor Jason Miller is far from an admission of error.
Instead, he says, Mr Miller laid the genesis of the birther rumours wrongfully at the feet of Hillary Clinton and her 2008 presidential campaign team.
When they raised questions, Mr Miller said, it was "vicious and conniving" behaviour. By broaching the topic three years later, Mr Trump had done a "great service" to the public and president, Mr Miller said.
The statement follows an interview with the Washington Post newspaper in which Mr Trump had declined to say Mr Obama had been born in the US, saying instead that he did not want to answer the question.
What is the origin of the 'birther' claim?
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The claim is a conspiracy theory that Mr Obama was actually born in Kenya and is therefore ineligible to be president.
Reports in various US publications suggest it was circulated in 2008 by die-hard supporters of Mrs Clinton as it became clear that she was not going to win the Democratic nomination.
However there is no evidence that Mrs Clinton or her then campaign had anything to do with it.
The claim enjoyed a revival with some supporters of Republican candidate John McCain as he fell behind Mr Obama in polls, the Fact Check website reported.
When did Mr Trump get involved?
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The billionaire became a vocal questioner of Mr Obama's citizenship as he was running for a second term as president.
In April 2011, Mr Trump challenged Mr Obama to show his birth certificate, gaining approval from Republicans including former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
Weeks later Mr Obama released his actual birth certificate from his native state of Hawaii. At that year's White House correspondents dinner, Mr Obama made light of the allegations, mocking Donald Trump.
The 2012 Republican candidate Mitt Romney referred to the discredited theory at a campaign rally in August that year, joking that no-one had asked to see his birth certificate - drawing swift condemnation from the Obama campaign.
Why has the Trump campaign now distanced itself? - by Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America reporter
The words haven't been spoken by Donald Trump yet, but a press release from his campaign represents the closest we've come to the Republican nominee formally acknowledging that President Barack Obama was born on US soil.
Mr Trump's turn as the lead advocate of the so-called "birther" movement has been a drag on the Republican's standings among black voters. It was also the issue that rocketed the New Yorker to fame among many conservatives, however.
There's little surprise, then, that Trump team wants to settle the matter and shift the campaign back to more favourable terrain - but the candidate has yet to back down completely.
What is the latest on the campaign?
Mr Trump's doctor has said he is in excellent physical health, although Mr Trump said he was slightly overweight.
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Mrs Clinton has returned to the campaign trail after three days off with pneumonia. In a blog she said: "I had to admit a few days rest would do me good".
Media captionHillary Clinton told reporters on her campaign plane: "I am doing great"
Donald Trump Jr. said his father had declined to release his tax returns because they would only distract from his main message, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.w
Mr Trump expanded his tax plan to include a reduction in the top tier income tax and corporation tax. He said he would work to boost economic growth by 4% through deregulation and trade tariffs to limit the budget deficit. Some economists have rebuffed Mr Trump, saying his plans would not reduce the deficit and that higher trade tariffs would result in negative growth.
On Thursday evening Mr Trump appeared on NBC's "Tonight Show" where host Jimmy Fallon asked to ruffle the candidate's hair. Ms Clinton will appear on the show Monday night.
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