{"id":867360,"date":"2026-06-14T20:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/867360\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T20:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:06:14","slug":"pop-singer-oliver-tree-dead-at-32-after-tragic-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/867360\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Singer Oliver Tree Dead at 32 After Tragic Helicopter Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iconic American pop singer Oliver Tree has died. According to Dexerto<\/a>, he was just 32 years old.<\/p>\n

According to local Brazilian news outlets, Tree, whose full name is Oliver Tree Nickell, was identified as one of six victims in a helicopter crash. Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police explained that a crash happened in the western part of the city. <\/p>\n

It happened in a neighborhood known as Recreio dos Bandeirantes. One of the aircraft reportedly struck an electric car dealership when it went down, causing an electrical fire.<\/p>\n

The crash reportedly occurred between two helicopters. One, which Oliver Tree was riding, had five passengers, whereas the second had just its pilot.<\/p>\n

Everyone involved in the crash tragically died. According to Portuguese-language news outlet CNN Brasil<\/a>, the list of victims is as follows: Oliver Tree Nickel; Lucas Brito Chaves; Lucas Vignale; Gaspar Prim; and the two pilots, Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac.<\/p>\n

Tree was in Rio de Janeiro as a part of his world tour. He originally shot to fame back in 2017 when his song “When I’m Down” went viral on the Internet. He was then signed to Capitol Records, where he went on to produce several iconic hits. These include “Miss You” and “Life Goes On”.<\/p>\n

Fans Mourned the Passing of Iconic Singer Oliver Tree<\/p>\n

Fans have mourned the passing of the iconic singer. <\/p>\n

Some immediately noted Oliver Tree’s tendency to do viral online stunts. One wrote, “Oh man, I wanna believe this is a stunt because that kinda s*** was a part of his whole gimmick. Please be a stunt, man. I f****** love Oliver Tree.”<\/p>\n

Another wrote, “Part of me thinks this is something he would fake, the other part of me is that’s crazy!”<\/p>\n

Others were quick to remember the true iron grip Oliver Tree had on the internet throughout the late 2010s into the 2020s. “I remember the impact this guy’s songs had on youtube shorts during 2022-2023, rest in peace,” one wrote.<\/p>\n

Another fan commented, “He got me thru covid lockdown. damn bro u just never know these days.”<\/p>\n

Rest in peace to a true titan of the new pop<\/a> scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iconic American pop singer Oliver Tree has died. According to Dexerto, he was just 32 years old. According…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":867361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[4903,42127,50,353304,4006,103],"class_list":["post-867360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-crash","tag-dead","tag-news","tag-oliver-tree","tag-pop-music","tag-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116750266315613462","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}