Artist remained at least two months hospitalized due to health problems and died due to the cardiac arrest suffered after surgery
ANGELA RO ROone of the big names in MPB, died on the morning of Monday, 8. She was 75 years old.
The information was confirmed by a series of sources close to the artist to vehicles such as G1 and newspaper O Globo. Angela suffered a cardiac arrest after surgery performed at the Silvestre Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, where she had been hospitalized since July.
The singer dealt with a number of health problems in recent times. In the previously mentioned month, she underwent a tracheostomy due to a lung infection. In May, through a video published on social networks, he asked for financial help as he was prevented from working because of a blood and suspected blood infection.
About Angela Ro Ro
Angela Maria Diniz Gonsalves He was born in Rio de Janeiro on December 5, 1949. The singer earned the nickname “Ro Ro” still in childhood, given by friends due to her hoarse voice.
Pianist and singer, worked with icons like Ney Matogrosso, Maria Bethânia and Caetano Veloso. She plays harmonica in the song “Nostalgia”, from the disc Tre (1972), one of the most acclaimed of the Bahian musician.
In 1981, he released one of his most praised solo career works: the scandal album, with hits such as “Came and Case” and the title track, written by Caetano. Other hits of the artist include “drop of blood”, “excite and use”, “love, my great love” and “Barbara”.
In 2012, Angela Ro Ro was 33rd place in the list of 100 largest voices of Brazilian music elaborated by Rolling Stone Brazil.
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Source: Rollingstone
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