1961 birth
At 1:00 pm on July 19th, José Antônio Franco Villeroy was born in the maternity of Santa Casa de Caridade in São Gabriel, a small farming city, located in the region of Pampas gaucho, close to the borders with Uruguay and Argentina.
Son of a couple of lawyers, Gil Villeroy and Heloiza Franco Villeroy, Totonho, as he was called affectionately by his family, is the youngest son. He has as brothers: Carlos Eduardo, today lawyer and resident in Porto Alegre and Gastão, musician and producer, living in the city of Rio De Janeiro, currently acting with Milton Nascimento and Antonio Villeroy, among others MPB artists.