{"id":369925,"date":"2026-06-22T07:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/369925\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T07:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:54:07","slug":"oliver-trees-body-returned-to-california-after-brazil-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/369925\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Tree\u2019s body returned to California after Brazil helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oliver Tree\u2019s body has been returned to California<\/a> after the singer-songwriter died in a helicopter crash in Brazil<\/a> at the age of 32.<\/p>\n

The musician died on June 14 while on a world tour for his latest album.<\/p>\n

A foundation for aspiring musicians will be set up in his honour, according to wishes laid out in his will, a post on his Instagram<\/a> page said.<\/p>\n

The post said: \u201cRest in peace Oliver Tree Nickell June 29th, 1993 \u2013 June 14th, 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour legacy will live on forever. Thank you to everyone who has reached out, shown love, support and has done incredible tributes for Oliver.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe constant love, support and positivity is helping the family, friends and collaborators make it through these extremely difficult times.<\/p>\n

\u201cOliver is now back in California where he can finally rest.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis legacy will live on through his foundation\/endowment named \u201cDr. Oliver Tree\u2019s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses\u201d coming soon. This is something that Oliver had put together before his passing, written in his will.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will make sure his wish comes to fruition so that more joy, love and art can be spread into the world, that was his final wish.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove you all so much, Oliver would be so proud of every one of his supporters, friends and family.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeace be with Oliver \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Tree, known for the track Miss You, was one of six people who were killed when the two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro and crashed in the city\u2019s western zone.<\/p>\n

Recognisable by his signature bowl cut, Tree was also known for his songs Life Goes On and When I\u2019m Down.<\/p>\n

He released his fourth studio album, Love You Madly, Hate You Badly in April and was only weeks into his World\u2019s First World Tour \u2013 where he had planned to play shows on all seven continents.<\/p>\n

US musicians Diplo, T-Pain and Kid Cudi<\/a> were among those paying tribute after his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-369925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}