Singer Oliver Tree Killed in Helicopter Crash in Brazil
Six people were killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including the 32-year-old American singer Oliver Tree, local police confirmed. Tree died while he was in the middle of a global tour.
He had nearly 20 million followers on social media and was one of the more prominent artists in the streaming era. Police said the crash took place in Rio, but provided no additional details in the article about the cause of the accident or the identities of the other victims.
Tree had performed in Sao Paulo eight days earlier and was scheduled to begin the European leg of his tour in Lisbon, Portugal, in a month. His catalog included hits that had been streamed more than 700 million times on Spotify, and he had more than 11 million monthly listeners on the platform.
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