Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva

Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva (née Casa; 7 April 1950 – 3 February 2017) was the second wife of the 35th and 39th president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.

Biography
Lula's first wife, Maria de Lourdes da Silva Ribeiro, died in labour in 1971 when Lula was in his twenties. Marisa's first spouse, Marcos Cláudio dos Santos, had died in 1971 during a robbery assault.

In March 1974, Lula had an illegitimate daughter, Lurian, with his then-girlfriend, Miriam Cordeiro. The two never married.

Two months later, in May 1974, Lula married Marisa Letícia Rocco Casa, a 24-year-old widow whom he had met the prior year. He had three sons with her, and adopted her son from her first marriage.

On 24 January 2017, Marisa Letícia suffered a stroke. She died ten days later on 3 February, at the age of 66 at Sírio-Libanês Hospital. President Michel Temer declared three days of official mourning. She was cremated the next day. Her ashes were interred in the Cemitério Jardim da Colina, in her native São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.

Awards and decorations

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (12 September 2007)
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal:
 * Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (5 March 2008)
 * Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (23 July 2003)
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (10 April 2008)
 * 🇳🇴 Norway: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (7 October 2003)
 * 🇪🇸 Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star