Gilberto Gil: daughter preta died
Mourning for Gilberto Gil, among the giants of Brazilian popular music. The 83 -year -old singer -songwriter mourns the death of his daughter Preta, who passed away in these hours, at the age of 50 in New York. Preta had decided to follow in the footsteps of dad Gilberto. In 2023 she had been diagnosed with colon cancer, for which she was under treatment in the US city. The singer died of complications related to the disease. The news of the disappearance was confirmed by Gilberto Gil himself by the entourage of himself with a shared post on the musician’s official social channels.
Preta Gil was born in 1974 from the union between Gilberto Gil and the second wife Sandra Barreira Gadelha Gil Moreira: four years before her his brother Pedro Gadelha Gil Moreira was born, the latter who died in 1990 in a road accident.
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wanted to express his condolences to Gilberto Gil with a message dedicated to preta: “He continued to spread the joy of living even in the most difficult moments of his care”.
