Carlos Baiao’s widow, Zida Cardoso, recalled the “worst day” of her life, When she received the news of her husband’s death and how they hid everything that happened to protect her.

“On that day, Carlos had left the house a few hours earlier with his usual jokes, goodbye and we went to get the sound and lights technicians. Soon I went to work. My dad called me to say Carlos had an accident In an interview with SIC’s Casa Feliz, Zaida said:

“He didn’t want to tell me right away. I didn’t know exactly what had happened until I got to my parents’ house and that Carlos was already dead. They already had this news, but they didn’t want to give it to me over the phone.” “It’s a very hard blow. It will be the worst day of my life by far. And then… losing a talent that was thriving and a business in its bud, was the tip of the iceberg. Carlos has a lot to offer.”

Zaida feels that she has the “privilege” of feeling “deeply loved” by her partner, who died in Car accident at the age of thirtyin 1988.

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Zaida Cardoso, the widow of Carlos Bayo, with the guitar that the musician was carrying in the accident
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Despite the tragedy, Zaida is unable to dispose of the guitar that the musician was with at the time of the accident, which bears signs.

Today, 34 years later, he listens “often to Carlos’ songs, with a lot of nostalgia and nostalgia. But it’s always a fun moment, time calms things down and memories are good.”

Rumors denied

The The death of Carlos Baiao was at the center of one of the biggest rumors in Portugal. Urban legend says that the singer, victim of a brutal accident in Rio Mayor while going to a concert in Benalva do Castelo, was buried alive And that when they lifted the bones, they found the coffin scratched inside, and the bones overturned. A legend that Zaida Cardoso demystified, confirming that the body of the author of “Playback” and “Pó de Arroz” was autopsied in Lisbon.