Arlindo Cruz

Brazilian musician and songwriter (1958–2025) Arlindo CruzOMCArlindo Cruz performing in 2008Background informationBornArlindo Domingos da Cruz Filho(1958-09-14)14 September 1958Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDied8 August 2025(2025-08-08) (aged 66)Rio de Janeiro, BrazilGenresSamba, pagode, partido alto, MPBOccupationsSinger, songwriterInstrumentsCavaquinho, guitarYears active1981–2017LabelUniversal MusicFormerly ofGrupo Fundo de Quintal Spouse Babi Cruz ​(m. 2012)​Musical artist Arlindo Domingos da Cruz Filho OMC (14 September 1958 – 8 August 2025) was a Brazilian musician and songwriter, working in the genre of samba and pagode. Cruz took part in the most important formation of Grupo Fundo de Quintal, and was considered[by whom?] one of the most important figures of the pagode movement. Early life and career At the age of seven, Cruz was given his first musical instrument, the cavaquinho, by his father (Arlindão), a friend and partner of Candeia with whom he had founded the Mensageiros do Samba group. From age 7 to 12, Cruz already played by ear, learning chord voicing from his brother Acyr Marques' guitar playing. At 12, he went on to study classical guitar for 2 years at the Fl