Evaldo Gouveira de Oliveira ‑ a Brazilian singer-songwriter of the genre MPB. – passed away after contracting Covid-19 on May 29, 2020.
Born in Orós, a small city in the Brazilian state of Ceará, he moved with his family to neighboring city of Iguatu with only 3 months old.
At the age 11, he moved to his birth state capital city of Fortaleza where he started his precocious musical carrer. There in the 1950s he created and joined a band called Trio Nagô with his fellow friends Mário Alves and Epaminondas de Souza, releasing six studio albums and various extended plays.
Eventually, Gouveia went to Rio de Janeiro in order to pursue a solo career, and achieved stardom due to his friendship with fellow singer Altemar Dutra, who helped Gouveia by singing his songs and makind them popular.
As a solo act, Gouveia released seven studio albums and various extended plays, most o them featuring fellow singers Adelino Moreira and Jair Amorim, even though they never formed a band.
In late 2017, Gouveia suffered a stroke that left him with lifelong sequelae.
On May 29, 2020, Gouveia died in Fortaleza at the age 91 due to complications brought on by Covid-19.