The late Brazilian gospel music star Antonio Lázaro da Silva, known
professionally as Irmão Lázaro ("Brother Lazarus"), enjoyed a varied career
across nearly four decades. Born on November 4, 1966, in Salvador, Bahia, his
music career began with politicized samba-reggae group Olodum, who were at the
forefront of Brazil's Black Movement in the 1990s and with whom he was most
famous for spawning 1995 hit "I Miss Her." After a period of drug addiction, he
converted to evangelicism and became a celebrated voice of contemporary
Christian music, putting out a stream of releases includi...