India, July 21 -- Preta Gil, the Brazilian singer, died during her cancer treatment in the US on Sunday, Quem reported.

Gil was also a businesswoman and songwriter. She was diagnosed with cancer in January 2023, and went into remission the same year. In August 2024, the cancer returned in four areas of her body, as per the publication.

These included two lymph nodes, a metastasis in the peritoneum, and a nodule in the ureter.

She was the daughter of Gilberto Gil, the Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, who served as the Minister of Culture from 2003 to 2008.

Preta was the fourth of his eight children, and was Gal Costa's goddaughter. She called Brazilian composer Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso 'uncle', Quem reported, and g...