The singer’s wake Black Gilwho passed away last Sunday (20), It will be held this Friday (25). The preparation began three days after death, with interdictions on various roads around the municipal theater, where open access to the public.
The singer’s body It will be taken, in a procession aboard a Fire Department car, to the Penance Cemetery, in the cashew.
The route will follow part of the new circuit of street carnival blocks “Preta Gil”, created by the city as a tribute to the artist, who commanded the traditional Black Block during the carioca carnival.
O on Wednesday (24). The first scale of the trip was Guarulhos International Airport, in São Paulo, where it departed before 9am to Santos Dumont Airport, in the state capital.
Given a request from the artist herself, To family and close friends, which will take place until 17h.
Preta Gil Death
She was in New York by performing a Treatment against cancer in the gutdiagnosed in January 2023. The disease was courageous with courage over a year and a half, when the singer shared with the public moments of her fight and partial recovery, before a worsening in the clinical picture.
Preta Gil, daughter of the MPB icon and former Culture Minister Gilberto Gil, had a trajectory marked by artistic boldness, activism, women’s defense and diversity. Over more than two decades of career, he has released successful albums, presented TV shows and became an active voice on social guidelines.
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