Many have considered Elis Regina to be the greatest Brazilian singer of all time. She started singing on a children’s radio show at 11 years old and traveled to Rio de Janeiro to record her first album. Regina won her first festival song contest in 1965. She popularized the Tropicalia movement and collaborated with several artists. She was married twice and had three children. Elis Regina passed away on January 19, 1982 at 36 years old from an accidental overdose of cocaine, alcohol, and temazepam.