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One of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, Marília Mendonça, was on her way to a concert when her plane crashed, killing her and four other people.
Brazilian singer Marília Mendonça, 26, is killed with four others in plane crash: Latin Grammy winner was flying to headline a concert when jet went down near waterfall in southeastern part of the country
- Brazilian country music singer Marília Mendonça die in a jet crash Friday in Brazil
- The 26-year-old was traveling to a concert in the Minas Gerais city of Caratinga
- The private aircraft crashed near a waterfall in a rural town outside Caratinga
- Mendonça’s producer, Henrique Ribeiro, her uncle and advisor Abicieli Silveira Dias were also killed, the Military Fire Department of Minas Gerais confirmed
- The pilot and co-pilot, whose names have not been released, also died
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Award-winning Brazilian singer Marília Mendonça was killed in a plane crash along with four others after the private jet carrying the star, her producer and her uncle went down near a waterfall in southeastern Brazil on Friday.
Just an hour before the deadly crash, Mendonça uploaded a video to Twitter and Instagram that showed her pulling her suitcase and carrying her guitar before she boarded the flight.
Mendonça, 26, was on her way to a concert in the Minas Gerais city of Caratinga when the private aircraft crashed.
Dailymail.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Daily MailPauseNext video0:00 / 0:00Full-screenMendonça, who won a Latin Grammy Award in 2019, leaves behind one-year-old son named Léo.
Two of the four other victims were identified as her producer Henrique Ribeiro, and her uncle and advisor Abicieli Silveira Dias. The names of the pilot and co-pilot have not been released.
Their deaths were confirmed by the Military Fire Department of Minas Gerais.
Jet crashes moments after singer uploads video to her social media
Brazilian country music singer Marília Mendonça uploaded a video to her social media networks that showed her carrying her guitar and suitcase to the private jet she was flying on an hour before the fatal crash Friday afternoon
Screen grab of a video posted by Brazilian country music singer Marília Mendonça an hour before she and four other people were killed in a plane crash Friday
The Military Fire Department of Minas Gerais said all five passengers were found dead inside the aircraft
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Mendonça’s final video shows her eating from a food tray and her workout regimen.
‘This is the reality my people!’ she wrote. ‘Tell me here in the most delicious comments of this wonderful state that is Minas Gerais.’
The twin-engine Beech Aircraft took off from Goiânia and was headed to Caratinga when it crashed around 3:30 local time.
Mendonça was set to perform with the duo Douglas and Vinicius at Exhibition Park.
‘My God. I just found out,’ Brazilian singer Anitta tweeted. ‘I can’t believe it. I want to believe that there is still hope.’
‘I refuse to believe, I refuse,’ Brazilian soccer star Neymar wrote on Twitter.
Brazilian country music singer Marília Mendonça die in a jet crash Friday in Brazil outside. The 26-year-old, a mother-of-one, was scheduled to perform at a concert in the Minas Gerais city of Caratinga
Marília Mendonça won a Latin Grammy in 2019 for Best Sertaneja Music Album for her live project, ‘Todos os Cantos’
The Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accident is investigating the incident.
The small plane was manufactured in 1984 in the United States and was in good standing, the National Civil Aviation Agency reported.
The country music singer began composing music as a 12-year-old. She debuted in 2014 and released her first EP in 2015. She followed it up with a live album, Marília Mendonça: Ao Vivo, in 2016 which went triple platinum.
The album’s lead single, Infiel, was the fifth-most played song on Brazilian radio that year.
Mendonça was honored in 2019 with the Latin Grammy Award for Best Sertaneja Music Album for her live project, Todos os Cantos.
She was also known as the ‘queen of suffering’ due to her lyrics over relationships that did not work out.
According to Spotify, Mendonça was the most listened to artist in Brazil in 2019 and 2020.
‘It is with immense regret that we mourn the death of the singer Marília Mendonça, the entire crew and passengers,’ the Ministry of Culture said in a statement. ‘She was a composer of country hits. Marília Mendonça leaves a legacy for Brazilian regional music and Brazilian culture. It will certainly not be forgotten. (We send) our condolences to family and friends. Rest in peace, ‘singer of the world.’
Brazilian country music singer Marília Mendonça died with four other people, including her uncle, after the jet she was flying on crashed Caratinga, Minas Gerais, on Friday afternoon
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