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Overview
- His death on November 17 was announced on his official social media and confirmed by relatives and friends.
- He had been receiving care for a pulmonary condition in a Rio hospital, reported as emphysema by some outlets and broncopneumonia by others.
- His team said he awoke from surgery singing “Meu Nome é Gal,” adding the tribute message, “Cante, cante, cante.”
- Funeral arrangements will be announced later, according to the statement shared by his team.
- Across six decades, he worked across music and the arts, produced Caetano Veloso’s 1972 album Transa, collaborated with Gal Costa and Maria Bethânia, and performed live as recently as September at Rio’s Festival Doce Maravilha.