João Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound of the South ...

The Brazilian singer and composer João Gilberto, one of the pioneers of bossa nova, died in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, according to Agencia Brasil, the country’s official news agency. He was 88. The ...

João Gilberto, the pioneering Brazilian musician and composer credited as “the father of bossa nova,” has died at the age of 88. Gilberto’s son João Marcelo Gilberto confirmed his father’s death ...

El cantante y compositor brasileño Joao Gilberto, considerado uno de los padres de la bossa nova, falleció el sábado en Río de Janeiro, confirmó su hijo Joao Marcelo a medios locales. Tenía 88 años.

Maria do Ceu, wife of Brazilian singer Joao Gilberto, kisses his face during his wake in Rio de Janeiro's Municipal Theater Maria do Ceu, wife of Brazilian singer Joao Gilberto, kisses his face during ...

João Gilberto, the bossa nova icon who brought the genre to a worldwide audience, has died at age 88. The BBC reports Gilberto died at his home in Rio De Janeiro after a period of illness. His son, ...

João Gilberto, one of the principal architects of the Brazilian musical style bossa nova, has died at his home in Rio de Janeiro, according to a Facebook post by his son. João Marcelo Gilberto wrote ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound ...