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SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian actress and comedian Dercy Goncalves, known for her vulgar wit and scandalous behaviour, has died.

She was 101.

Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Sao Lucas says Goncalves died Saturday of respiratory problems after being hospitalized the same day with pneumonia.

Goncalves was known for speaking her mind, often peppering her conversation with obscenities.

In 1991, she shocked Brazil by parading topless on a Carnival float.

She was 84 at the time.

Goncalves kept working late in life and made several TV appearances after turning 100.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday said all Brazilians will miss her "irreverence and strength."