One of Brazil’s most popular singers, Marilia Mendonca, has died in a plane crash.
Marilia Mendonca’s press office said in a statement that her producer, Henrique Ribeiro, aide Abicieli Silveira Dias Filho as well both the pilot and co-pilot of the plane were also killed in the crash in the state of Minas Gerais on Friday 5th November.
Mendonca rose to fame as an icon of the Brazilian country music style “sertanejo.” She won a 2019 Latin Grammy for an album in the category. She had posted on social media a video boarding the plane earlier on Friday.
The airplane departed from the midwestern city of Goiania heading to Caratinga. The 26-year-old Mendonca had a concert scheduled for later on Friday, according to news website G1.
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The cause of the crash was under investigation. However state-run power company Cemig says the airplane collided with an electricity distribution line owned by the company before hitting the ground.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Twitter that the whole country was shocked by the news. He added that Mendonca was one of the greatest artists of her generation.
“We feel like we have lost someone very close to us,” Bolsonaro tweeted.
Last year, when the Covid-19 pandemic led to wide-ranging lockdowns in Brazil, a live broadcast of a concert by Mendonca drew 3.3 million peak concurrent viewers, a world record for YouTube
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