São Paulo, Brazil (CNN)Brazilian state euphony prima Marília Mendonça died successful a level clang connected Friday successful a agrarian portion of the southeastern authorities of Minas Gerais, according to her nationalist relations firm.
She was en way to a performance astatine the clip of the crash, which killed 4 different radical successful summation to the singer.
Mendonça, 26, is survived by her 1-year-old son, according to CNN Brasil.
The origin of the clang is inactive nether investigation, but successful a connection connected Friday, the Minas Gerais Electric Company (CEMIG) said Mendonça's level had deed a cablegram connected an electrical operation belonging to the powerfulness firm.
Minas Gerais constabulary main Ivan Lopes Sales said astatine a quality league Friday that it was inactive excessively aboriginal to find the origin of the clang but added the dispersed debris tract suggested the craft had "hit thing earlier the level fell."
News of the decease of the charismatic Latin Grammy winner, known arsenic "the Boss" to her millions of fans, shocked the state Friday. Prominent Brazilians, including shot prima Neymar, came guardant successful the aftermath of the quality to stock their grief.
Mendonça rapidly roseate to fame successful the fashionable sertanejo state euphony genre and made her people by singing astir women's empowerment successful an situation traditionally dominated by antheral musicians.
She was the most-listened to creator successful Brazil connected Spotify successful 2019 and 2020, according to her PR firm, and had much than 38 cardinal followers connected Instagram.
Neymar, a adjacent person of the singer, wrote connected Twitter: "I garbage to judge it, I refuse."
Ronaldo Caiado, politician of Mendonça's location authorities of Goiás, said her household had confirmed a ceremonial for the vocalist would statesman astir 8 a.m. section clip Saturday successful an arena successful the authorities capital, Goiânia. Caiado wrote connected Twitter that helium expects up to 100,000 mourners astatine her funeral.
Caetano Veloso, a septuagenarian stalwart of the Brazilian genre MPB -- Brazilian popular euphony -- praised her connected Twitter arsenic the "marvelous Mendonça" and said the quality had near him successful tears.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said the "entire country" was successful "shock" implicit the quality of her death, portion Rio de Janeiro Gov. Claudio Castro called her nonaccomplishment a "tragic accident."
"Young and talented, Marília was the protagonist of a caller section of Brazilian state euphony and inspiration for respective singers successful the segment. The state is shocked and mourns this nonaccomplishment that came excessively early," Castro said successful a quality release.
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