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Guys, I'm Brazilian (Most of the fans of VALVe games are from the United States of America, in Brazil, I'm one of the few Brazilian fans of some VALVe games). On August 17, 2024, Senor Abravanel, known by his fictitious name of Silvio Santos, died of Bronchopneumonia (Inflammation in the Bronchi) and was responsible for bringing the happy side of open TV, creating the SBT channel. I always liked SBT more than its Brazilian competitors - Rede Globo, Band (My father liked it when he was young because of the sports it still has today), RedeTV, TV Cultura. I thought SBT was almost like a family with the employees and artists there and the way it works, he was smiling a lot, he wasn't perfect, we're not perfect because we have flaws, I liked their laugh, he threw a real money plane for the lucky ones to catch and I also liked the animated series he showed at his company (Like Static Shock, Ben 10, Teen Titans 2000s etc) I didn't know the impact of his death outside my country, but Silvio Santos marked generations to the next of my parents, I hope there are more people like that, I would say that Mr. Beast would be Silvio Santos, but worldwide (I don't follow Mr. Beast, but I saw 3/4 of their videos, I managed to see a little of Silvio Santos, finally, Silvio Santos will rest in peace. But since the focus is on VALVe, I always thought that Silvio Santos was the G-Man (The mysterious character from the Half-Life franchise whose name we don't even know), he wears a suit, his skin is pale. I don't think that Gaben Newell and his team in 1996-1997 (Development of Half-Life 1), came to my country and used Silvio Santos as inspiration for G-Man (Not even the HL1 25th Anniversary Documentary talks about that) , I don't think that Silvio Santos inspired one of the most mysterious characters in games (If they actually used Silvio Santos as inspiration, I would say: ''IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, even Brazil inspires North Americans''. Art 1- Silvio Santos; Art 2/3/4-HL1/2/A