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Oliver Trees Body Repatriated After Fatal Crash

Oliver Tree's family has confirmed that the singer's body has been transported back to the U.S., a week after he died with five other people in a helicopter cra...

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June 22, 2026

Oliver Tree's family has confirmed that the singer's body has been transported back to the U.S., a week after he died .

'Oliver is now back in where he can finally rest,' his family announced in a post on Instagram, alongside a childhood shot of the late musical artist. 'Your legacy will live on forever.'

Also killed with the 32-year-old singer were star Gaspar 'Gaspi' Prim, 23; director and screenwriter Lucas Vignale, 29; music producer Lucas Brito Chaves, 21; and pilots Charles Marsillac and Alexandre Souza.

The post thanked the people who have 'reached out, shown love, support and [had] done incredible tributes for Oliver.'

'The constant love, support and positivity is helping the family, friends and collaborators make it through these extremely difficult times,' they added.

The statement also addressed the latest developments on philanthropic plans .

Oliver Tree's family has confirmed that the singer's body has been transported back to the U.S., a week after he died with five other people in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; pictured in NYC in 2021

A family statement on Tree's Instagram page thanked people for their outpouring of well wishes in the wake of his passing

'His legacy will live on through his foundation/endowment named “Dr. Oliver Tree’s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses” coming soon,' the statement read. 'This is something that Oliver had put together before his passing, written in his will.

'We 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.'

The emotional statement concluded, 'Love you all so much, Oliver would be so proud of every one of his supporters, friends and family. Peace be with Oliver … '

Tree's final concert took place on June 6 in São Paulo, Brazil, and he had been slated to perform in Lisbon, Portugal, on July 1. Pictured in 2022 in San Francisco

The enigmatic performer donned a Shrek costume for an April 24 interview on the Zach Sang Show in support of his album Love You Madly Hate You Badly

Tree said that he wanted to put his money back into the arts after his death.

'The idea is when I die, all the money's gonna go back to artists,' Tree said. 'So I've set up a foundation. It's called Dr. Oliver Tree's Art Grants for Baby Geniuses.

'And it's set up so that basically the interest generated from my music will take mostly that, but there's also room for other money because when I die, my art will continue to have residuals – and probably be worth more than it is now.'

Tree spoke about how, 'historically speaking,' interest 'in an artist's work goes up after they die.'

He added, 'People will finally appreciate my stupid f***ing videos, my f***ing stupid songs – that's when people appreciate you when you're not there anymore. Anyway, they might not, doesn't even make a difference ... the art will continue to make money no matter what.'

Oliver Trees Body Repatriated After Fatal Crash

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