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Gabriel Diniz, one of Brazil's most successful pop stars, was killed in a plane crash at the age of 28.
His plane took off from the city of Salvador in the state of Bahia on Monday, May 27, bound for Maceió, a little further up the east coast, but it crashed in bad weather in Porto do Mato. Diniz was killed with two pilots, Linaldo Xavier and Abraão Farias. The star would have gone to his girlfriend to celebrate his birthday.
His management confirmed his death, "with great pain," to Us magazine.
The cause of the accident is not yet clear, but witnesses have reported hearing the broken engine of his plane. Brazilian media reported that the Piper PA-28 Cherokee was deemed airworthy, but that it was not allowed to drive air taxis like the one Diniz was apparently doing. Instead, it was only intended to be used for flight training. Diniz's father claimed that Diniz had booked and paid for the flight and had not been allowed a free ride as some of his friends had claimed.
ANAC (Brazilian National Civil Aviation Authority) reportedly investigated the accident and suspended the Aloisa Aeroclube, which was operating the aircraft.
Diniz, who grew up in João Pessoa in northeastern Brazil, developed his musical career while working as an electrical engineer. It has gained tremendous popularity in Brazil, particularly as a result of its success of Jenifer, a pop hit of 2018 – an upbeat pop song evoking an occasional relationship on the Tinder dating app; There are 237 million streams on YouTube and 4.7 million people follow the singer on Instagram. Acabou Acabou with singer Wesley Safadão, who tweeted: "No wonder you were wearing the name of an angel, my friend Gabriel … I will wear your smile and your friendship forever."
Footballer Liverpool and Brazil's Robert Firmino also paid tribute: "The message of love and joy that you have left here on Earth was incredible."
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