Oliver Tree's body returned to U.S. after horrific helicopter crash in Brazil that left six dead

Oliver Tree's family has confirmed that the singer's body has been transported back to the U.S., a week after he died with five other people in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

'Oliver is now back in California where he can finally rest,' his family announced in a post on Instagram, alongside a childhood shot of the late musical artist. 'Your legacy will live on forever.'

Also killed with the 32-year-old singer in the deadly incident were YouTube star Gaspar 'Gaspi' Prim, 23; director and screenwriter Lucas Vignale, 29; music producer Lucas Brito Chaves, 21; and pilots Charles Marsillac and Alexandre Souza. 

The post thanked the people who have 'reached out, shown love, support and [had] done incredible tributes for Oliver.'

'The constant love, support and positivity is helping the family, friends and collaborators make it through these extremely difficult times,' they added.

The statement also addressed the latest developments on philanthropic plans the musical artist spoke of in one of his final interviews.

'His legacy will live on through his foundation/endowment named “Dr. Oliver Tree’s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses” coming soon,' the statement read. 'This is something that Oliver had put together before his passing, written in his will.

'We will make sure his wish comes to fruition so that more joy, love and art can be spread into the world, that was his final wish.'

The emotional statement concluded, 'Love you all so much, Oliver would be so proud of every one of his supporters, friends and family. Peace be with Oliver … '

In the comment section, fans left moving messages memorializing the late singer.

'You have always inspired me with how free and weird and creative you were and you will continue to inspire me the rest of my life,' one fan said. 'I'm torn between feeling completely devastated and extremely grateful that you ever existed.'

Another said, 'Oliver, you made everyone you met feel like they could do anything.

'You made me want to be more like you and more of myself at the same time and I know everyone else would agree. The world will forever be a different place because of you.'

Multiple users specifically lauded Tree for using his platform to bring a greater awareness of Brazilian music to the masses.

'Thank you for believing in Brazilian music and for sharing your musical vision with us,' said one fan. 'Your music and your vision will continue to inspire many people.'

Another added, 'I will be forever grateful that you wanted to help me and uplift a Brazilian culture that still doesn’t get the recognition it deserves abroad. You made history, brother.'

The family of the vocalist also posted the childhood pic on Instagram Stories, encouraging fans to leave memories of the singer in reply. 

Tree's final concert took place on June 6 in São Paulo, Brazil, and he had been slated to perform in Lisbon, Portugal on July 1. 

The enigmatic late performer donned a Shrek costume for an April 24 interview on the Zach Sang Show in support of his album Love You Madly Hate You Badly.

He said in the interview of his material, 'I don't believe that any of the wealth or the things that get made from it is mine.

'And so when I die, set it up, my will is set up that when I pass, my family, no one's gonna get a penny; if I have a wife or kids or anything, [they're] not getting a f***ing penny.'

Tree, who was not married and did not have any children, continued, 'I'll get my kids through college, that's the agreement, but they're not going to be a silver spoon. They're taken care of "because my dad worked on some stuff in the 2000s."'

Tree said that he wanted to put his money back into the arts after his death.

'The idea is when I die, all the money's gonna go back to artists,' Tree said. 'So I've set up a foundation. It's called Dr. Oliver Tree's Art Grants for Baby Geniuses.

'And it's set up so that basically the interest generated from my music will take mostly that, but there's also room for other money because when I die, my art will continue to have residuals – and probably be worth more than it is now.'

Tree spoke about how, 'historically speaking,' interest 'in an artist's work goes up after they die.'

He added, 'People will finally appreciate my stupid f***ing videos, my f***ing stupid songs – that's when people appreciate you when you're not there anymore. Anyway, they might not, doesn't even make a difference ... the art will continue to make money no matter what.'