Francisco Gil and Preta Gil Reproduction/Instagram Francisco Gil paid tribute to his mother this Monday (20), one year after Preta Gil's death. The singer published a long text on his Instagram profile talking about this period without his mother. "It's a huge responsibility. I feel your gaze, your scolding, I feel your sadness, your joy... and I feel your pride. I didn't allow myself to fall for you", he wrote in an excerpt. Read also: Preta Gil wins documentary and series a year after her death; see details Preta Gil between love, pain and courage; remember the trajectory of the singer and businesswoman The tributes to Preta Gil, one year after saying goodbye On July 20, 2025, Preta Gil died at the age of 50, in New York. The artist suffered complications from bowel cancer and was in the United States undergoing experimental treatment against the disease, which she had been treating since January 2023. Read Francisco Gil's text: "One year and I've been exercising your presence much more than anything else. We filled the house with your things, with photos of you, paintings of you, your saints, and I, who didn't want to have a dog, now have the Moon and the Star. Sol and I talk about you all the time. We give laugh, we cry and all the time we are remembering you. I talk about you all the time. In the midst of all this... it is your presence that heals. In times of pain, good memories and, in times of longing, I hear your laugh, I feel your scent... I dream of you almost every night and, in my dreams, I feel you. It's a huge responsibility. I feel your gaze, your scolding, I feel your sadness, your joy... and I don't allow myself to fall for you. I've learned that, when I need an answer or when I feel lost, I remember your last look at me. presence, the absolute presence of God in me. Today I'm doing a show on an island here in France that's like you and that you didn't know. So I know that I'm taking you to meet me.