When Rivadávia Rodrigues de Freitas was born on 22 August 1931, in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, his father, Antonio Freitas Filho, was 26 and his mother, Emilia Ribeiro Rodrigues, was 24. He had at least 1 son with Norita Manhães de Freitas. He died on 9 March 2005, in his hometown, at the age of 73, and was buried in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.