Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes has died at the age of 83.
The iconic Latin American artist has died in Los Angeles, according to a Friday report from TMZ.
Mendes was a world-famous Brazilian musician who collaborated with jazz greats such as Herb Alpert.
Sergio was known for the bossa nova, a jazzy variant of the samba, and collaborated with the famous musician Antônio Carlos Jobim.
Mendes also led the iconic music group Brasil ’66.
He was Oscar-nominated for his song Real In Rio, which he made with John Legend for the 2012 animated film Rio.
And he won three Grammys in his 70-year career.
Sergio Mendes has died at age 83; seen in Los Angeles in 2020
Mendes performs at Park West in Chicago, Illinois, March 3, 1979
He has collaborated with many mainstream artists, such as The Black Eyed Peas, with whom he recorded a new version of his breakthrough hit Mas que Nada in 2006.
He also made music with Stevie Wonder, who wrote Mendes’ hit The Real Thing.
And Sergio was working on a 007 song.
He helped singer Lani Hall produce her vocals for the title song of the James Bond film Never Say Never Again in the 1980s.
Mendes was married to Gracinha Leporace, with whom he had performed since the early 1970s.
The star began his career in the 1950s performing in nightclubs in his native Brazil, but his biggest hits came in the US.
His first introduction to the general public was when he sang his Oscar-nominated play The Look of Love at the 1968 Academy Awards.
His hits include The Fool on the Hill, Scarborough Fair and Never Gonna Let You Go. His big hit was the Grammy-winning Elektra album Brasileiro in 1992.
He was oone of the most successful Brazilian artists of all time.
Mendes has recorded more than 35 albums, many of which have gone gold or platinum. He is a three-time Grammy Award winner, an Oscar-nominated songwriter, and the subject of a 2020 documentary.
He has worked with many mainstream artists such as The Black Eyed Peas, with whom he re-recorded a version of his breakthrough hit Mas que Nada in 2006. Seen in 2023
