Marilia Mendonça.Photo: Wikimedia
Brazilian singer Marilia Mendonça has died in a plane crash. She was 26.
Mendonça was traveling on a small aircraft to the state of Minas Gerais for shows this weekend when the plane went down.
Everyone on board the plane died, including the pilot, co-pilot, and Mendonça’s producer, Henrique Ribeiro, and uncle Abicieli Silveira Dias Filho,according to Globo.com.
Site of the plane crash in Minas Gerais.Military Police of Minas Gerais
Heartbreakingvideo footage of the aftermathof the crash showed first responders removing people from the plane. The cause of the crash remains unknown, and the government is leading an investigation.
The Secretaria Especial da Cultura do Ministério do Turismo confirmed Mendonça’s death in atweetFriday afternoon.
Shortly after,Anitta, the “Girl From Rio,” shared a tribute for her late friend onInstagram.
“Yesterday I told you that I love you, YESTERDAY,” she wrote about Mendonça. “I can’t believe this happened. Why this accident, my God????”
Site of the plane crash in Minas Gerais.
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The “Infiel” singer had posted on social media from the plane just hours before the tragic accident,sharing a video about the region’s food. Mendonça, who was part of the group Patroas, hadreleased a music videolast month.
Mendonça was nominated for a Latin Grammy nomination for best sertaneja music album for 2017’sRealidade. She won the award in the same category two years later for her 2019 albumTodos os Cantos.
Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, called Mendonça “one of the greatest artists of her generation” in a tweet Friday afternoon (according to a Google Translate of the tweet).
source: people.com
