Rock icon Rita Lee dead at 75

Rita Lee, a Brazilian rock-and-roll icon who sang with legendary group Os Mutantes and went on to a trailblazing solo career as one of Latin America’s first female rockers, has died at age 75, her family said Tuesday.

The Latin Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021, died Monday night at home in Sao Paulo “surrounded by the love of her entire family, as she always wanted,” relatives said in a statement on Instagram.