Rita Lee, the singer often called Brazil’s “Queen Of Rock” and authentic member of the rock band Os Mutantes, has died on the age of 75.

Lee handed away on Tuesday (Might 9), as confirmed by her household in a put up on her official Instagram web page.

“We talk the passing of Rita Lee, at her residence within the capital of São Paulo, on the finish of the night time, surrounded by all of the love of her household, as she at all times wished,” an announcement revealed on her official Instagram account learn in Portuguese.

The “Queen Of Rock” was identified with lung most cancers in 2021. She’s received seven Latin Grammys and was recognised with the Latin Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Award final November.

Recognized for being one in every of Brazil’s most profitable singer-songwriters, Lee bought her begin within the group Os Mutantes who had been thought-about one in every of Brazil’s most influential rock bands. Her album ‘Fruto Proibido’ (Forbidden Fruit) with the band Tutti Frutti is taken into account a Brazilian music basic.

Lee’s musical profession spanned greater than 50 years. She gained worldwide followers together with Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain and King Charles. Upon the announcement of her passing, tribute’s to the “Queen Of Rock” got here flooding in.

Manuel Abud, the CEO of the Latin Recording Academy paid tribute to Lee in an announcement through which he he expressed his “most honest condolences to her household, buddies and all lovers of her music”. He added: “Rita Lee was a visionary artist and one of many best-selling singer/songwriters within the historical past of Brazil.”

Singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil took to Instagram to share just a few photographs of himself and Lee collectively all through the years. “Relaxation in peace, my sister,” shared the 80-year-old musician and former tradition minister of Brazil.

Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, celebrated the musician on his official Twitter.”Rita helped rework Brazilian music along with her creativity and daring,” he wrote, including that she had “confronted machismo each in life and in music and impressed generations of ladies on the earth of rock and the humanities.”

Lee is survived by her husband and collaborator Roberto do Carvalho and three youngsters.