Gal Costa Obituary

Gal Costa was a Brazillian singer of popular music. She was a principal figure in the tropicalia music scene in Brazil in the late 1960s and appeared on the acclaimed compilation Tropicalia: ou Panis et Circenses (1968).

Costa’s first album Domingo was released in 1967 through Philips Records. It was also Veloso’s debut. Gal stayed on the label, which later became PolyGram, until 1983.

Gal Costa is portrayed by Sophie Charlotte in the 2023 biographical film, Meu nome e Gal.

She died in Sau Paulo on November 9, 2022, at the age of 77. She was recovering from an extraction of a nodule of her nasal cavity and had cancelled her show at the Primavera sound.