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Astrud Gilberto, the bossa nova singer most famous for her recording of “Girl From Ipanema,” widely viewed as the unofficial cultural anthem of Brazil, has died at age 83.
It is said that one day, while sitting in the bar, they saw a beautiful young woman named Helô Pinheiro, ... The girl from Ipanema goes walking and. When she passes, I smile, but she doesn’t see.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Satin-voiced Brazilian songstress Astrud Gilberto, who died at 83, shot to fame in the 1960s with "The Girl from Ipanema," the song that did more than any other ...
Astrud Gilberto, famous for her hit 'The Girl From Ipanema', has died. The Brazilian bossa nova performer passed away on June 5 at the age of 83. Her death was confirmed by her son Marcelo to Paul ...
Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, who rose to fame with her track The Girl From Ipanema, has died at the age of 83, her son Marcelo confirmed.
The track, originally titled Garota de Ipanema, was composed in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, inspired by the pair’s crush on Heloisa Pinheiro, a teenage girl who used to ...
Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, who in her 20s recorded “The Girl from Ipanema” and became an international star, has died, according to social media posts from her granddaughter and on ...
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Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, who in her 20s recorded “The Girl from Ipanema” and became an international star, has died, according to social media posts from her granddaughter and on ...
Entertainment Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dead at 83 Born in Salvador, Bahia and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto became an overnight, unexpected superstar in 1964.
Astrud Gilberto sings “The Girl from Ipanema” in a light, affectless style that influenced Sade and Suzanne Vega among others, as if she had already moved on to other matters.