with perilous bouts of dyspnea, popularly referred to as "shortness of breath", and was buried in a family grave in the Caju Cemetery. However, in 1937, his remains were unearthed and transferred to a monument in Praça Paris, Rio de Janeiro.

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In popular culture

Fonseca has been portrayed twice by Brazilian actor and voice actor in the miniseries Abolição (1988) and República (1989) respectively.