Anderson Leonardo, from Molejo: friends and artists mourn the singer’s death; See repercussion | Rio de Janeiro

Singer Anderson Leonardo, from Grupo Molejo, died this Friday (26) at the age of 51. The information was confirmed by the press office and the official profile of the pagode group.

Anderson had been fighting a diagnosis of cancer in the inguinal region for a year and a half and was hospitalized at Hospital Unimed, in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro.

Career companions and artists mourned the artist’s death on social media. See the impact below:

“How much pain lives in my chest at this moment!! My condolences to family and friends!! May God comfort our hearts!! Rest in peace, my dear nephew!!”

“Rest in peace my friend”

“He is already in the arms of the Lord JESUS, a star was missing in the constellation of the sky, now there is no shortage, and his mission was brilliant and very well accomplished here on this spiritual plane. Let us pray and let’s ask the Creator of the Universe that his spirit that It was always full of light, rest in peace. Thank you for everything dear brother ANDERSON LEONARD❤️AXÉ”

Paulinho (Atlético MG player):

“Rest in peace, my godfather!”

Pagoda icon of the 1990s, Anderson Leonardo, 51 years old, was better known as Anderson Molejo. Born in Rio de Janeiro, he was one of the founders of the Rio de Janeiro group Pagode, along with Andrezinho, Claumirzinho, Lúcio Nascimento, Robson Calazans and Jimmy Batera.

Molejo had big hits all over Brazil such as “Cilada”, “Caçamba”, “Brincadeira de Criança”, “Dança da Vassoura”, “Paparico”, Clínica Geral, among others.

Formed in the late 1980s, the group also recorded several samba rock songs, including “Samba Rock do Molejão”. Anderson writes songs by the band, such as “Dança da broom” and “Garoto Zona Sul”, as well as hits by other groups, such as “Cohab City”, a success by Negritude Junior.

Grupo Molejo’s first album was released in 1993 and was driven by the song “Caçamba”. The group’s last album was “Molejo Club”, released in 2016, which brought new tracks from the band after 6 years.

That year, the group once again fell into favor with young, hip audiences, mainly because of memes and ironic comparisons with songs by artists like Lady Gaga. The repercussion on the internet encouraged the band to record the album.

The band continues to be active on stage, and Anderson fulfilled a large part of the schedule even while undergoing treatment for the disease.

Anderson had 4 children. Two of them followed in their father’s footsteps: singer and multi-instrumentalist Leozinho Bradock, 29, and Rafael ‘Molejinn’, 28, who is part of Grupo Surpreender. The artist is also the father of Alessa Cristyne, 30, his firstborn, and Alice, the youngest, who turns 4 in May.

Alice is the singer’s daughter with Paula Cardoso, with whom he had been in a relationship since 2012.