Marília Mendonça traveled by plane to Minas Gerais to give a concert
Marília Mendonça
Marília Mendonça , one of the most recognized singers and composers of Brazilian music, died this Friday in a plane crash when the plane in which she was traveling for a concert in the state of Minas Gerais (southeast) crashed.
Marília Mendonça plane crash
The air taxi in which the 26-year-old artist traveled to Minas Gerais to perform over the weekend, has crashed.
The singer Marília Mendonça, star of sertanejo (the Brazilian version of country music ) died this Friday afternoon when the air taxi in which she was traveling to Minas Gerais to perform over the weekend crashed. He was one of the most listened to voices in Brazil. The accident occurred in the Sierra de Caratinga, in the mining interior, as confirmed in a statement by the fire department. The four people who were traveling with her have also died, confirmed the singer’s press team. They are its producer Henrique Ribeiro, his uncle and advisor Abicieli Silveira Dias Filho, and the pilot and copilot of the plane, whose identities were not disclosed.
Shortly before the incident, the 26-year-old artist had posted a video on social networks in which she announced to her followers that she was leaving for Minas. Marília Mendonça is seen walking towards the plane with a rolling suitcase and, once in the seat, she jokes about the food. More than 36 million follow him on Instagram and another seven million on Twitter. “Mourning”, headlines a text uploaded to their social networks that added 1.5 million responses in a few hours.
The aircraft in which he was traveling was a Beech twin-engine air taxi. The firefighters have explained that they were informed of an aircraft that had crashed into a river in the rural area of Piedade de Caratinga at around 3:30 in the afternoon local time. The rescue team arrived at the scene and found that, despite the strong smell of fuel, there was no fire or risk of the plane sinking into the water.
Marília Mendonça, in a photo published on her social networks on October 31
The singer, songwriter and instrumentalist was one of the names with the greatest repercussion and influence in Brazilian music. The sertanejo is a style that triumphs throughout Brazil, with special roots in the interior. Born in Cristianópolis, in the State of Goiás, in 1995, Marília Mendonça was an idol of the so-called feminejo , the sertanejo side that talks about powerful women. Married to the composer Murillo Huff, Marília Mendonça leaves a son who will be two years old next month.
The sertanejo song best known outside of Brazil is probably Ai Se Eu Te Pego , which was an international phenomenon in 2008 with its chorus “Nossa, nossa”.
The governor of his home state, Goias, Ronaldo Caiado, decreed three days of official mourning. And he authorized that “it be veiled at the Goiânia Arena, next to the Serra Dourada Stadium, so that the fans can say goodbye, if the family wishes,” he announced.