Last published by Jorge Palma was celebrating friend Sérgio Godinho

Last published by Jorge Palma was celebrating friend Sérgio Godinho

Jorge Palma's death took everything and everyone by surprise. The singer died on Monday night, September 21, at the age of 76, “victim of a cardiorespiratory arrest”.

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22/09/2026
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Sthere are many tributes to Jorge Palma that are being noted on social networks. The singer died on Monday night, September 21, at the age of 76, “victim of a cardiorespiratory arrest”, and the news caught and everything and everyone by surprise. 

 

On social networks, Jorge Palma made several shares and besides highlighting his work, there was also room for more personal publications. 

The last publication on the musician's pages was to celebrate the birthday of a great friend, Sérgio Godinho, who turned 81 on August 31. 

When showing a photograph in which they both appear on their backs, he wrote: “Congratulations, my friend SG.”

 

This sharing arrived weeks after highlighting his latest concert, which took place on July 18, at the Monastery of the Battle, integrated into the Festival Arts à Vila. Some photographs of this show were published on the singer's page. 

 

He also used social media in July when he said goodbye to his colleague and friend Luís Represas, who died at the age of 69. “Dear friend Louis, it is heartbreaking to know that you left, damn it”, he wrote at the time. 

 

Jorge Palma died on Monday night, September 21, at the age of 76, “victim of a cardiorespiratory arrest”. 

The news was announced by the family. In a publication made on the artist’s pages, on social networks, Jorge Palma’s wife, Rita Tomé, the children, Vicente and Francisco Palma, and the agents of the musician, André Sebastião and Tiago Branco, “in this moment of incalculable pain”, ask that the author of themes such as “Fragile”, “Bairro do Amor”, “Estarla do Mar”, “In the land of dreams” and “Let me laugh” be remembered “for his songs and words”, thanking “every friendship shown over the years”.

The musician Jorge Palma died. I was 76

The musician Jorge Palma, one of the most striking singers and composers of contemporary Portuguese music, died on Monday evening, at the age of 76, announced today the family.

Lusa 00:56 – 22/09/2026

Soon after the news of his departure, the social networks quickly filled with tributes to Jorge Palma, among them the words of David Fonseca stand out. 

“ Country can have short memory with artists, but not in Jorge’s case”

David Fonseca joined the ‘wave’ of tributes that were made to Jorge Palma on social networks as soon as the news of his departure was announced, having highlighted his admiration for the musician and recalling the project “Tell me a Song”.

Marina Gonçalves

 

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