Died when the tourism boat she was in, Bateau Mouche IV, sank in the
Guanabara Bay on 31 December, 1988. She was out to see the fireworks
from the water. The boat was overcrowded and the number of life jackets
weren't enough for all the passengers.
Gave accounts seen as foreshadowing of her own death to her family, such as having had dreams of dying in the sea. Sérgio Britto stated that she told him that she was sick, but the reason of her death would turn out something else.