Marília Mendonça is honored by Turma da Mônica; Look

Maurício de Sousa, 86, paid tribute to Marília Mendonça (1995-2021). An image shared on Turma da Mônica’s social networks shows Chico Bento sitting on a fence next to the singer who plays the guitar and smiles at the character with the sun shining behind them both.

In the image caption the following message: “To Marília Mendonça. That little star there in the sky shines more every time it sees you”. The quote is an excerpt from the song “Estrelinha”, which the singer recorded with Di Paullo & Paulino, in 2018, for the duo’s album ” Nós & Elas”.

The singer was one of five victims of a plane crash that fell into a mountain range in Piedade de Caratinga, 309 kilometers from Belo Horizonte. The artist had a concert scheduled for the date in Caratinga, about ten kilometers from the accident site.

The fall occurred around 3pm. At first, it was not known if it was the singer who was on board the aircraft. It was the twin-engine resemblance seen in a video she’d shared on Instagram two hours earlier that sparked the doubt. In a comical tone, the publication showed Mendonça embarking and eating.

Besides Marília, the following also died in the plane crash: the music producer, Henrique Ribeiro, the singer’s uncle, Abicieli Silveira Dias Filho, the pilot Geraldo Martins de Medeiros and the co-pilot Tarcísio Pessoa Viana.​