The Voice community is in mourning.
Karen Silva, who competed on the spinoff series The Voice Kids Brazil, has died after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. She 17.
The singer’s rep announced her death on Instagram April 24. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the young singer Karen Silva, at the age of 17,” read the Portuguese-language message, shared on the artist’s page, “after days of hospitalization at the São João Batista Hospital in Volta Redonda, as a result of a hemorrhagic stroke.”
The condition is caused as a result of bleeding into the brain by the rupture of a blood vessel, per the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Karen was 12 when she competed on the fifth season of The Voice Kids Brazil in 2020, making it to the top 12.
“Karen enchanted Brazil with her powerful voice and striking presence as a child, when she took part in The Voice Kids in 2020,” the Instagram post read. “Since then, she has followed a luminous path, combining talent, charisma and representativeness at every step.”
