Gal Costa, a symbol of Brazilian popular music, died

The popular Brazilian singer Gal Costa died this Wednesday, November 9 at the age of 77 (Infobae)

brazilian singer gal coast He died this Wednesday at the age of 77, as confirmed to the network Or Balloon his representative. In recent months, she had to cancel presentations due to her health condition after undergoing surgery to remove a nodule in her right nostril. Maria da Graca Costa Penna Burgos -as his real name- was born in Salvador de Bahia in September 1945 and was one of the top stars of the so-called Brazilian Popular Music (MPB), one of the most important genres in the country along with the Bossa Nova.

After a break in their shows during the coronavirus pandemic, gal coast he had restarted his life on the Brazilian stages with great success until an operation stopped that process. But besides that tour of Brazilthe singer was preparing a series of concerts for Europe in November, which had to be canceled due to the operation carried out last September.

His most recent show was called “The various points of a star”, where he presented songs of great success and popularity of the 80s such as: “Acai”, “nothing more”, “Sort” Y “honeymoon”.

Gal Costa was one of the greatest exponents of the MPB genre that emerged in Brazil after bossa nova (Infobae)
Gal Costa was one of the greatest exponents of the MPB genre that emerged in Brazil after bossa nova (Infobae)

daughter of Arnaldo Burgos Y Mariah Costa Penna, gal coast He debuted in 1964, along with Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia, Tom Zé, Gilberto Gil, in the show Nós, Por Exemplo.

His first album was published in 1967, Sundaywith Caetanoincluding one of his biggest hits Vagabond Heart. Meanwhile, in 1968 she participated in the album Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis, one of the most important in the history of Brazilian music. His first solo album was in 1969, with the same name, with hits like Not Identified Y What a pity. That same year he recorded his second solo album, Galwith hits like My name is Gal Y Cinema Olympia.

His other famous works include Sing, Living Water, Fantasia, Baby Gal, Gal, Recanto.

The cause of death of the Brazilian star was not reported at the moment.

Message on the networks

It was striking that approximately two hours before the news about her death was known, the singer’s Twitter account published a video with Caetano Veloso in which they are seen singing in a 1986 recording.My love, you give me luck“, He said Gal and aggregated data about the show being played on the social media platform. to that message, Caetano Veloso He replied with an emoji of a heart.

Gal Costa's message on the networks minutes before she died (Twitter)
Gal Costa’s message on the networks minutes before she died (Twitter)

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Gal Costa, a symbol of Brazilian popular music, died