Leny Andrade, the Brazilian singer who earned an international following with her soulful fusion of samba, bossa nova and American jazz and whom Tony Bennett once called the Ella Fitzgerald of Brazil, died on July 24 in Rio de Janeiro. She was 80. Her death, in a hospital, from pneumonia,
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Rebeca Andrade of Brazil Wins Girls's Vault Gold in Gymnastics
With two high-flying vaults that made difficult, gravity-defying strikes look easy, Rebeca Andrade gained the vault remaining on Sunday on the Tokyo Video games, bringing Brazil its first gold medal ever in ladies’s gymnastics. Her Olympics simply preserve getting higher. Final week within the all-around remaining, Andrade, 22, gained the