The Molejo team is the victim of a robbery just hours after the death of singer Anderson Leonardo

Part of the group team Squishy he was victim of a robbery this Friday, 26th, the day of the death of the composer, instrumentalist and vocalist of the band Anderson Leonardo, aged 51. The artist, who was diagnosed with inguinal cancer in 2022, had complications from the disease and did not survive.

The artist’s death was reported early in the afternoon. Around 11pm, the group’s press office published a note informing about the robbery. The team did not detail what was stolen or the circumstances of the crime, but stated that the theft resulted in the interruption of their telephone and WhatsApp communications.

With a sequence of hospitalizations due to clinical complications, the last public information about the singer’s health condition was on April 22, when it was announced that he had been admitted again to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Hospital Unimed-Rio .

Also known as “Molejão”, the group has established itself as one of the great Brazilian pagode bands. Your first album, Molejo Groupwas released in 1994, yielded “Caçamba”, the group’s first hit, and the irreverent style of the compositions guaranteed hits such as “Cilada” and “Dança da Vassoura”.

Anderson led the group for 35 years and participated in several television programs, always with good humor. “Our brand is joy, it’s irreverence,” he said on the program The Night, in 2015. He said he was part of the pagode’s “old guard”, open to collaborating with new artists such as Thiaguinho, Ludmilla It is Leo Santana.

Married to the administrator Paula Cardoso Anderson Leonardo leaves four children: Alissa, Rafael Phelipe, Leozinho Bradock It is Alice.