ICONIC Brazilian pop singer Gal Costa has died at 77 just days after canceling her Primavera Sound appearance due to surgery.
Costa, who transcended Brazil‘s Tropicalia movement in the 1960s, died on Wednesday, her public relations agency said.
“Unfortunately, we confirm” that Costa died, a spokeswoman for Costa’s PR firm told AFP.
A cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
Costa recently canceled a concert at the Primavera Sound festival in Sao Paulo after having a nodule removed from her nasal cavity.
She had planned to return to touring in December.
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