What is Belchior (singer)?
[[File:belchior (2004).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Belchior in 2004]] '''Belchior''' ({{IPA-pt|bewkiˈɔɾ}}, born '''Antônio Carlos Gomes Belchior''', October 26, 1946 &ndash; April 30, 2017), was a Brazilian [[singer]] and [[composer]]. He was one of the first [[Música popular brasileira|MPB]] singers from the [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Brazilian northeast]] to reach mainstream success, in the early 1970s. He was born in [[Sobral, Ceará|Sobral]], [[Ceará]], [[Brazil]]. Belchior died on April 30, 2017 at a hospital in [[Santa Cruz do Sul]], Brazil from [[multiple organ failure]], aged 70.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/cantor-cearense-belchior-morre-aos-70-anos-no-rio-grande-do-sul.ghtml|title=Cantor Belchior morre aos 70 anos no Rio Grande do Sul|work=G1|access-date=2017-04-30|language=pt-BR}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090802115743/http://www.semprebelchior.com/ Official website] *{{IMDb name|id=2179813|name=Belchior}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:People from Ceará]] [[Category:Brazilian singers]] [[Category:Brazilian composers]] {{bio-stub}}