It is with “immense sorrow” that many Brazilians have paid tribute to the very popular singer Marilia Mendonça.
The icon of "sertanejo", a musical genre close to "country", died Friday, November 5 in the tragic accident of a small plane-taxi in Brazil.
His body was repatriated on Saturday to Goiania, his hometown, where a crowd of fans came to say a final farewell.
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Since then, Paris, the football superstar Neymar, a close friend of the singer, also wanted to send a last message to the Brazilian idol with 40 million subscribers on Instagram.
“I'll be your eternal fan.
RIP MM ”, he wrote in Portuguese on a white t-shirt which he exhibited several times on the field, during a match against Bordeaux on Saturday night.