A reality TV star and model has tragically died in a car crash at the age of 37 while filming a commercial in Italy. Manoel ‘Mano’ Machinek was driving a rented Porsche 993 RS along Lake Maggiore for an advertisement he was shooting when he reportedly lost control of the vehicle on July 30, according to local outlet SkyTG24. Tragedy struck when the blue vehicle left the road, careened down a steep embankment and slammed into a tree. “We mourn the loss of Mano, who died in a car accident. “He was at the wheel of a Porsche, a car that meant so much more to him than just a vehicle.”