Brazilian singer of popular music, Gal Costa has died at the age of 77. Her press team and pitchfork confirmed the news on Wednesday. No cause of dead revealed yet.
She was a principal figure of the tropicalia music scene in Brazil in the late 1960s and appeared on the acclaimed compilation Tropicália: ou Panis et Circenses (1968).
Costa debuted her professional career on the night of 22 August 1964 at the concert Nós, por exemplo (We, For Example), where she performed alongside Veloso, Gil, Maria Bethânia, and Tom Zé, among others.
“Our little sister is gone,” Gilberto Gil wrote in Portuguese on social media. “So many people in Brazil were enchanted by her singing. Now her singing stays with us for the rest of our lives, for the entire time of our history.”
“Gal Costa was among the world’s best singers, among our principal artists to carry the name and sounds of Brazil to the whole planet,” President-elect Luiz Inácio da Silva wrote on Twitter alongside a photo of him hugging her. “Her talent, technique, and courage enriched and renewed our culture, cradled and marked the lives of millions of Brazilians.”
Brazilian Singer, Gal Costa Died At 77
