"The Girl From Ipanema" Astrud Gilberto Dies At Age 83
Astrud Gilberto, the female voice of the classic ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ has died at her home in Philadelphia at age 83.
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Astrud Gilberto, the female voice of the classic ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ has died at her home in Philadelphia at age 83.
Astrud Gilberto, who made the iconic song The Girl from Ipanema a worldwide classic, has sadly passed away at the age of 83. The Brazilian singer took bossa nova to the world and was the only one who could speak English, when she and her husband travelled to New York in 1963 for a recording session, landing her the song. Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian Singer of the Classic ‘The Girl From Ipanema’, Dies at 83.
Singer Astrud Gilberto Death: Astrud is survived by another son, Gregory Lasorsa, from her second marriage to Nicholas Lasorsa, which ended in divorce, in addition to Marcelo Gilberto, her son from her first marriage.
The ‘girl’ who sang the iconic Brazillian song Girl From Ipanema has died Astrud Gilberto, the distinctive, sultry voice behind the jazz – bossa nova classic…
The news of the singer's death was confirmed by her granddaughter on Tuesday.