Germano Meneghel was a Brazil

Brazil

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ian musician

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 and singer-songwriter

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. Meneghel was a lead vocalist of Olodum

Olodum

Olodum is a cultural group based in the Afro Brazilian community of Salvador, the capital city of the state of Bahia, Brazil. It was founded by percussionist, Neguinho do Samba....

, an internationally known cultural and musical group based in Salvador, Brazil.

Meneghel was responsible for writing some of Olodum's most well known songs, including Avisa Lá and Alegria Geral.

Meneghel suffered from health problems, including hypertension

Hypertension

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 and had complained of chest pains shortly before his death in 2011. Meneghel died at his home in the Pero Vaz neighborhood of Salvador, Brazil, on June 13, 2011, at the age of 49.