has sold more than a million copies to date and became the biggest hit in Eller's career. Up to then she was not considered an extremely popular singer despite good sales and experience. In the same year of 2001, she would perform at MTV's Video Music Brasil in her MTV Unplugged alongside Rita Lee, Roberto de Carvalho and Nando Reis (performing Os Mutantes' "Top Top"). At the end of the year, she was scheduled to perform at Praça do Ó, in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, during the celebrations of the new year. She died two days before, on December 29. Luciana Mello was her replacement. At several spots in Rio de Janeiro, there was a minute of silence during the homage of the passage of the year in memory of Eller. Several artists also paid homage to the singer at their shows at the turn of the year. Eller's sixth studio album, Dez de Dezembro was released posthumously on her 40th birthday, on December 10, 2002. Personal life In 1993, Eller gave birth to her first and only child, a son named Francisco (affectionately called Chicão), the love child of a casual relationship with a friend, bassist Tavinho Fialho. Tavinho was married and died in a car accident a week before Chicão was born. Chicão was raised by Eller and her partner Maria Eugênia Vieira Martins. The two had been in a relationship since 1987 and stayed together until Eller's death in 2001. Eller's request was that if something happened to her, Maria Eugênia would be responsible for the care of Francisco, and after her death her partner did raise the boy after a legal battle over his custody against Eller's father. Eller was a passionate fan of Clube Atlético Mineiro, and was even contacted to receive the Silver Rooster, an honor given to the illustrious fans of the Club. However, with her untimely death, the trophy ended up being delivered in 2002 to her mother, Nanci Eller, according to whom: "Last year Cássia performed in Curitiba, and Levir Culpi sent a Rooster shirt for her, her son. All of her instruments have the Athletic shield. She always put the shield on the things she won. There is even a shield on the door of the studio that Eller had in her residence". Eller was openly bisexual. Death Cássia Eller died on December 29, 2001, in the Santa