Influential Brazilian musician João Gilberto has died aged 88.
The singer and composer was known best as a pioneer of the bossa nova genre, which found international popularity in the 1960s.
Reports say Gilberto died at home in Rio de Janeiro after a period of illness.
The family did not disclose the cause of death, but on Facebook his son Marcelo Gilberto said “his fight was noble and he tried to maintain dignity”.
Via BBC
