workers, went against the dictatorship's policy of accumulating capital. Personal life Arena was a sportsman who neither smoked nor drank and although he got married, he didn't have children, because he didn't want to see them fighting for their inheritance. In soccer, he cheered for the Palestra for his lifetime. Death & legacy Salvador Arena died on January 28, 1998, due to a heart attack, in his home. In his will, he placed the Salvador Arena Foundation as heir to his fortune valued at 800 million dollars, who is the heir to his legacy and should use the resources to "solve the problems of education and assistance and protection of those in need". His Foundation also distributes basic food baskets at ABC Paulista, free medical care, among other things. See also References Bibliography External links 1915 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Brazilian businesspeople Italian emigrants to Brazil São Bernardo do Campo Italian expatriates in Libya