Brazilian singer-songwriter Rita Lee, one of the most recognized artists in Brazil and known as “The Queen of Rock”, died Monday night at her residence in the city of Sao Paulo at the age of 75, the family reported. She is the author of hits like ‘Lança perfume’, ‘Baila comigo’ and ‘Mania de você‘, the Brazilian artist suffered from lung cancer that was discovered in 2021.

“We announced the death of Rita Lee, at her residence, in São Paulo, late last night and surrounded by all the love of her family, as she always wanted,” was the message posted by her family on Instagram. The singer-songwriter was one of the most established and recognized artists of the South American giant where she will always be remembered as ‘the queen of Brazilian rock’.

irreverent and rebellious lived between psychedelia, drugs and calm that her husband, Roberto de Carvalho, her sentimental and professional partner for more than 47 years, and father of her three children, gave her until the last of her days. The artist’s remains will be veiled starting this Wednesday at the Ibirapuera Park Planetarium in the capital of São Paulo.

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was quick to mourn the death of the singer-songwriter, one of the “biggest names” in country music, according to the president. “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,” the president said in a message posted on Twitter.

The death of Rita Lee has caused a shock in Brazil and countless artists have reacted to the death of the artist. “Rest, my sister. I love you“, was the message that the singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil published on Instagram, along with a video in which he appears playing the guitar and singing with Rita Lee and in which a series of photographs of the two at different moments in life can also be seen The also singer-songwriter and writer Chico Buarque remembered her on Instagram with a photograph of the eternal redhead, accompanied only by her name: “Rita”.