Lula declares three days of mourning for Rita Lee’s death

Lula declares three days of mourning for Rita Lee’s death


President Lula has declared three days of official mourning throughout the country for the death of singer Rita Lee Jones de Carvalho. The decree was signed and published this Tuesday in an extraordinary number of the Official Gazette.

The president of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvadeclared three days of official mourning across the country for the singer’s death Rita Lee oak jones. The decree was signed and published this Tuesday (9), in an extra edition of the Official Gazette (DOU).




“Rita Lee Jones is one of the biggest and brightest names in Brazilian music. Singer, songwriter, actress and multi-instrumentalist. An artist ahead of her time. I thought the Queen of Rock title was inappropriate, but the nickname does justice to her trajectory”wrote the president on social media.

For Lula, the artist helped transform Brazilian music with his creativity and audacity. “She spared nothing and no one with her humor and eloquence. She tackled machismo in life and music and inspired generations of women in rock and art. She will never be forgotten and leaves her legacy in music and in the books for millions of fans around the world My fraternal hug to the children Beto, João and Antônio, family and friends Rita, I miss you now”concluded President Lula.

Source: Terra

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