Popular Brazilian singer dies in plane crash

3 years ago 339

Will Dias/AP

Singer Marília Mendonça performs successful Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. One of Brazil’s astir fashionable singers and a Latin Grammy winner, Mendonca died connected Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, successful an airplane clang connected her mode to a concert. Mendonça was 26 and performed state music, successful Brazil called sertanejo. (Will Dias/Futura Press via AP)

Posted at 7:17 PM, Nov 05, 2021

and past updated 2021-11-05 20:17:48-04

Brazilian vocalist Marilia Mendonça and 4 others died successful a level clang Friday.

According to USA Today, the level crashed northbound of Rio de Janeiro. An probe is underway to find what led to the crash.

Earlier successful the day, Mendonça had posted a video connected Instagram. It showed her carrying a guitar arsenic she walked toward the plane.

The BBC reports that she was scheduled to execute Friday nighttime successful the metropolis of Caratinga, which is 7 miles from the clang site.

Mendonça leaves down a son.

The Latin Grammy victor was 26 years old.