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Marília Mendonça: Brazil mourns the deceased star singer
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The news of the death of the star singer Marília Mendonça has triggered nationwide consternation and sadness in Brazil, right up to the presidential office.
"The whole country is shocked about the death of one of the greatest artists of her generation," wrote President Jair Bolsonaro on Twitter on Friday evening (local time).
"The feeling is that we have lost someone who was very close to us, because Marília was always present in our lives through her songs." Among other things, the Brazilian soccer star Neymar, who was considered a friend of Mendonça, commented on the social network .
"I refuse to believe it," he wrote.
Mendonça (26) was killed in the crash of a small plane near Caratinga, as the fire department of the state of Minas Gerais announced.
The producer and an uncle of the singer as well as the two pilots were also killed in the crash.
There was initially no information on the cause of the crash.
A video published on Mendonça's Instagram account had previously shown how she walked to an airplane with a guitar case in hand.
"Concert weekend in Minas Gerais," it said.
Marília Mendonça was one of the best known and most popular singers in Brazil.
She had 40 million followers on Instagram and won the Latin Grammy in 2019.
Mendonça conquered Brazil with intense and romantic lyrics and melodies.
The young woman revolutionized »Sertanejo«, Brazilian country music, which until then had been dominated almost exclusively by men, and sang on feminist topics.
hen / dpa / AFP