Morre Cidinha Moraes, cofundadora da banda católica Vida Reluz

Cidinha Moraes, a co-founder of the Catholic band Vida Reluz, died on Monday, September 28, at age 60. She had been receiving treatment after being diagnosed with hepatitis C.

Moraes spent more than four decades using music for evangelization. She helped establish Vida Reluz in 1985 in São José dos Campos alongside Walmir Alencar and other young people connected to the Sociedade de São Vicente de Paulo. The ensemble released its first album in 1995.

Her wake is being held at Urbam in São José dos Campos. The burial is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, at 16h at the Cemitério Municipal Padre Rodolfo Komorek.