The singer Gal Costa, a legend of Brazilian music with a crystalline voice and a muse of tropicalism, died this Wednesday at the age of 77, her press secretary informed AFP.
“Unfortunately, we confirm this information,” said Gabriela Carvalhão, without specifying the causes of death.
Gal Costa had to cancel a concert at the Primavera Sound festival in Sao Paulo last weekend after undergoing surgery in September to remove a nodule from her nasal cavity.
He had a 16-year-old adopted son.
“One of the best singers in the world”
Born in Salvador de Bahía, she was one of the leading figures of tropicalismo in the late 1960s, along with other legendary singers such as Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso.
“I am very moved and saddened by the passing of my sister Gal Costa,” Gilberto Gil, 80, tweeted.
“Gal Costa was one of the greatest singers in the world, one of the main artists who carried the name and sound of Brazil throughout the world (…) Our country is losing one of its great voices,” the president reacted. . he chose Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Instagram.
Source: BFM TV
