A crown sits on display next to the body of Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares as she lies in state at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Soares died at age 91 of natural causes in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon, family members said on the artist’s official Instagram account.
Members of the Mocidade samba school applaud as they pay their last respects to Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares, lying in state inside the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Soares died at age 91 of natural causes in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon, family members said on the artist’s official Instagram account.
Dilma Soares, the daughter of late Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares, cries as she is comforted by her mother’s make-up artist Eduardo Araujo, during her mother’s wake at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Soares died at age 91 of natural causes in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon, family members said on the artist’s official Instagram account.
An image of Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares hangs during her wake at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Soares died at age 91 of natural causes in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon, family members said on the artist’s official Instagram account.
The body of Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares lies in state at the Municipal Theater where her make-up artist Eduardo Araujo pays his last respects in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Soares died at age 91 of natural causes in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon, family members said on the artist’s official Instagram account.
The body of Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares lies in state at the Municipal Theater where her make-up artist Eduardo Araujo pays his last respects in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Soares died at age 91 of natural causes in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon, family members said on the artist’s official Instagram account.
The body of Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares lies in state at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Soares died at age 91 in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon, family members said on the artist’s official Instagram account. The family said Soares died of natural causes.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians on Friday were grieving the loss of legendary samba singer and force of nature Elza Soares, a day after she died in her Rio de Janeiro home.
Family and friends gathered at Rio’s Municipal Theater, where her body was brought for viewing, before the playhouse opened its doors to the artist’s fans.
“Elza went on the day she wanted, the way she wanted, without suffering. And surrounded by family,” the singer’s granddaughter, Vanessa Soares, said in an interview on TV Globo. Soares was 91.
There was an outpouring of tributes from artists in Brazil and abroad, old and young, samba stars and rappers alike.
Singer Maria Rita called her “one of our country’s greatest, a representative of the resistance and resilience of its people. … And now our mission starts: celebrating her forever!”
American singer Beyoncé also thanked the artist on her website for inspiring “so many from Brazil and around the world,” while Rio’s Mayor Eduardo Paes declared three days of mourning.
“Woman! Warrior! Elza Lives!” he wrote on Twitter.
Soares rose to stardom in spite of a difficult upbringing and being a Black woman in a country where slavery has left a stark legacy of inequality. She often spoke critically of the country’s problems, and overcoming those obstacles contributed to her mythical persona.
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