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Prime Video’s ‘Marília Mendonça – Sentimento Louco’ Offers Unparalleled Access to Brazil’s Most Popular Singer Five Years After Tragic Plane Crash
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On the 5th of November of 2021, Brazil came to a halt. In a tragedy that would lead to national mourning, the country’s most popular singer, Marília Mendonça, died in a plane crash that also took the lives of four other people. Now, almost five years after the shocking accident,
On the 5th of November of 2021, Brazil came to a halt. In a tragedy that would lead to national mourning, the country’s most popular singer, Marília Mendonça, died in a plane crash that also took the lives of four other people. Now, almost five years after the shocking accident, Mendonça’s life and career will […]
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