Brazilian Singer and Latin Grammy Winner Dies in Plane Crash

Brazilian Singer and Latin Grammy Winner Dies in Plane Crash
Singer Marilia Mendonça performs in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil on Sept. 25, 2021. Will Dias/Futura Press via AP
The Associated Press
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SAO PAULO—Marília Mendonça, one of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, died Friday in an airplane crash on her way to a concert. She was 26.

Mendonça’s press office confirmed her death in a statement, and said four other passengers on the flight also perished. Their plane crashed between Mendonça’s hometown Goiania and Caratinga, a small city in Minas Gerais state located north of Rio de Janeiro.