Mendoca, 26, popular Brazilian singer dies in plane crash

Marilia Mendonca popular Brazilian singer and country music called Sertanejo, dies in plane crash

Marilia Mendonca, 26- year-old, one of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, died on Friday in an airplane crash on her way to a concert.

Mendonca and four other passengers on the flight perished. She was popularly known for tackling feminist issues in her songs calling for female empowerment. Their plane crashed between Mendonca’s hometown Goiania and Caratinga, a small city in Minas Gerais state located North of Rio De Janeiro. Mina Gerais state’s civil police confirmed Mendonca’s death. Photographs show the plane lying just beneath a waterfall, Mendoca had posted a video this afternoon showing her walking toward the plane carrying a guitar case. The rising star of country music, her album “Em Todos os Cantos” won her the 2019 Latin Grammy for best Sertanejo album. She was also nominated for the same award this year for her album “Patroas”.

Mendoca leaves behind a son who will be two years old next month.