Gustavo Cerati

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Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock and a Latin American rock legend. He was primarily known as the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Soda Stereo, considered by critics to be the most important and influential band of Latin rock. He had also achieved recognition and success as a solo artist, beginning in the early 1990s during a hiatus from Soda Stereo, when Cerati recorded his first solo album Amor Amarillo (Yellow Love). Cerati experimented with various musical genres, including electronic music (Plan V) and symphonic music. Throughout his career Cerati was nominated for various Grammy, MTV, and Gardel awards. In 2007, Cerati reunited with Soda Stereo for a reunion tour Me Veras Volver Tour. On 14 May 2010, Cerati suffered a stroke after a concert in Caracas, Venezuela. He remained in a coma under artificial respiratory aid. He died on 4 September 2014, at the age of 55, due to respiratory arrest. Link to Wikipedia biography