“Osugi and Pico” Osugi’s older brother Pico passes away．．．Osugi is unable to attend the funeral．

It was learned on the 20th that Pico (real name Katsuaki Sugiura), the older brother of the twin talents Osugi and Pico and a fashion critic, passed away on September 3rd in a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture due to multiple organ failure caused by sepsis. He was 79 years old. According to a source from her former agency, Pico moved into a nursing home in Kanagawa Prefecture in June of last year. He says he lived a peaceful life for nearly a year after that. His health began to deteriorate in August this year. He suffered from sepsis and was admitted from the facility to a hospital in the prefecture. He passed away and went to heaven within a month. A private funeral was held on September 8th in attendance of only relatives, and the interment took place on the 19th of this month. The date for the farewell ceremony has yet to be decided. Her identical twin brother, film critic Osugi (79), lives in a different nursing home from Pico, and did not attend the private funeral. Pico, who had been interested in fashion since she was a child, worked for a long-established apparel manufacturer after graduating from high school before going on to a vocational school to become a fashion designer. Later, in 1975, they began working as a comedy duo under the name “Osugi and Pico,” and their effeminate personalities and light-hearted conversation made them highly sought after for variety and talk shows. At the time, it was rare for people to publicly reveal their homosexuality, but the two came out openly. At first, it was viewed as a novelty, but his comments, which were warm-hearted despite his harsh words, have made him even more popular. More in the source.

「おすぎとピーコ」　兄のピーコさん死去…「笑っていいとも！」で人気、おすぎは葬儀に参列できず（スポーツ報知） - Yahoo!ニュース

双子タレント「おすぎとピーコ」の兄で、ファッション評論家のピーコ（本名・杉浦克昭＝すぎうら・かつあき）さんが９月３日、敗血症による多臓器不全のため、神奈川県内の病院で死去していたことが２０日、分か

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