Icon of Bossa Nova and Cinema Novo, musician Sérgio Ricardo dies in Rio at age 88.
Singer and songwriter Sérgio Ricardo was hospitalized at Hospital Samaritano, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, and died of heart failure.
247 - Singer and composer Sérgio Ricardo, considered one of the most important figures in MPB in the fight for the return of democracy during the military dictatorship, died this Thursday (23), at the age of 88. He was hospitalized at Hospital Samaritano, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, and died of heart failure.
Sérgio, whose birth name was João Lutfi, had been hospitalized for four months and contracted Covid-19, but recovered from the illness. The musician, who played at the famous 1962 Carnegie Hall Bossa Nova Festival in New York, also composed the soundtrack for the films Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun). and Terra em Transe, directed by Glauber Rocha.
The musician also produced songs that marked Brazilian music such as Zelão, Folha de Papel, Esse Mundo é Meu, O Nosso Olhar, Enquanto a Tristeza não Vem, Barravento and A Fábrica, among others.