Brazilian Presidential candidate Eduardo Campos dies in plane crash
He was 49.
"The plane carrying Mr Campos came down in bad weather in a residential area of the port city of Santos, in Sao Paulo state," BBC reported.
According to reports, four other passengers and two pilots, who were present in the plane apart from Campos, were killed in the crash.
Following the death of the leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party, country's President Dilma Rousseff has declared three days of national mourning.
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