Today’s Video: R.I.P. Dorival Caymmi

“Olympic Highlights” will return on Friday and will include Brazil’s hard-fought match against the U.S. in the women’s soccer final and Dayron Robles’ gold-medal run in the 110m hurdles.

In the meantime we want to note the recent passing away of Brazilian musician Dorival Caymmi. Once called a “universal genius” by the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim, Caymmi was instrumental in the establishment of Brazilian bossa nova. Three days of mourning were declared in Rio de Janeiro in honor of Caymmi who can be seen in the following clip performing with Gal Costa in 1981:

Sources- UPI, YouTube, Washington Post, Voice of America, Xinhua, BBC Sport