Brunelli first appeared on national television at the age of 20, the youngest Brazilian anchorman to do so. He debuted on
Rede Manchete on 9 November 1989 to cover the
Fall of the Berlin Wall. He stayed with Rede Manchete in the early 1990s, although he then became editor-in-chief of the RJTV newscast, produced by
TV Rio Sul, an affiliate of
Rede Globo. In September 2009, Brunelli released his first novel, titled ''''. Fabio Brunelli died of cancer in
Resende on 7 March 2021 at the age of 51. ==References==