His death was announced by his family to the Guardian news organization.
Mendes & Brasil 66 also recorded it and performed their version at the 1968 Academy Awards.
The single reached No.
Sérgio Mendes in mid-’60s, left, and in 2011Everett Collection
4 on the Billboard Hot 100 not long after.
The group toured with Alpert that year, cementing Mendes success.
Complete information on survivors was not immediately available.
The 1967 LP ‘Look Around’ by Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66A&M Records
