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Gustavo Adrián Cerati (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an
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singer-songwriter, composer and producer, considered one of the most important and influential figures of
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n rock. Cerati along with his band
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, were one of the most popular and influential
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and pop groups of the 1980s and 1990s. Cerati was the recipient of many awards throughout his career including various
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awards, as well as the
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Legend Award with
Soda Stereo Soda Stereo is an Argentine rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1982 by Gustavo Cerati (lead vocals, guitar), Héctor "Zeta" Bosio (bass) and Carlos Alberto Ficicchia "Charly Alberti" (drums). As the first Hispanic group to achieve mainstream ...
, the first of its kind. On 15 May 2010, Cerati suffered a massive brain
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in
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following a concert; the stroke left him in a
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, and four years later, on 4 September 2014, Cerati died of
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aged 55. He and his band had intended to go to a show-after-party at the rock club Moulin Rouge, located on Francisco Solano López Avenue in the Sabana Grande area of
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but his symptoms started developing backstage, right after his last performance concluded.


Early life and Soda Stereo

Cerati was born on 11 August 1959 in Barracas,
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, Argentina. He grew up in a middle class household; his paternal family was of Lombard descent and his maternal family was of Irish origin. His father was an accountant and regularly traveled abroad. From his early memories he had an idyllic love of the sun and nature. Cerati's first passion was art and in elementary school he drew comics and created his own comic book characters. Cerati's parents, Juan José Cerati and Lilian Clark, acquired a guitar for him when he was nine years old, at that point Cerati started to take music seriously, becoming a fanatic of rock and roll: By the age of 13, he formed a trio and started playing at house parties and in the local
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school, where he eventually joined the choir. Cerati was a good student until his third year of junior high school when he met a fellow student who, like himself, was into rock and roll. After serving compulsory military service in 1979, Cerati entered the university to pursue a degree in marketing, something that he was not passionate about. His family supported him with his music, "Mi familia me vio tan enloquecido con la música, que pensaron que algo de éxito iba a tener" (My family saw that I was so crazy about music, that they thought I would have some success
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. At the
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, a Jesuit university in
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, he met Héctor "Zeta" Bosio, also a marketing student. The two hit it off and decided to form a band. They were fans of
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as well as others, Bosio and Cerati recruited
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as their drummer, thus forming
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.
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signed to Sony Music in 1984 and released their debut LP ''
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'' that same year. '' Nada Personal'' ("Nothing Personal") followed in 1985 giving Soda Stereo their first hit with " Cuando pase el temblor" ("When The Earthquake Is Past"). Soda released '' Signos'' ("Signs") in 1986, ''
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'' ("Double Life") (produced by longtime
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collaborator
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) in 1988, and '' Canción Animal'' ("Animal Song") in 1990. During the 1990s
Soda Stereo Soda Stereo is an Argentine rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1982 by Gustavo Cerati (lead vocals, guitar), Héctor "Zeta" Bosio (bass) and Carlos Alberto Ficicchia "Charly Alberti" (drums). As the first Hispanic group to achieve mainstream ...
released ''
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'' in 1992, '' Sueño Stereo'' ("Stereo Dream") in 1995, and their final album '' Comfort y Música Para Volar'' ("Comfort and music to fly with") in 1997.


Solo career


1990s

In 1992 Cerati recorded ''
Colores Santos ''Colores Santos'' (Spanish for "Holy Colors") is an album released by Argentine musicians Gustavo Cerati and Daniel Melero under the name ''Cerati/Melero'' in 1992. The album was recorded and released previous to Soda Stereo's album ''Dynamo'' ( ...
'' ("Holy Colors") with electronic musician Daniel Melero, a longtime
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collaborator. 1993 saw the release of Cerati's first solo album ''
Amor Amarillo ''Amor Amarillo'' (Spanish for ''Yellow Love'') is the first solo album by Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati, as a side-project, while he was still active in Soda Stereo, his ex-band. Track listing All songs written by Gustavo Cerati, ex ...
'' ("Yellow Love"), which included the participation of
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and Cerati's wife at the time, the Chilean singer, actress, and model
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who sang and appeared in the video for the lead single "Te llevo para que me lleves" ("I'll take you so you can take me"). In 1995 Gustavo Cerati teamed up with three Chilean musicians, Andrés Bucci, Guillermo Ugarte, and Christian Powditch, to form ''Plan V''. Plan V released two albums ''Plan V'' (1996), and ''Plan Black V Dog'' (1998), a collaboration with the British electronic music group The Black Dog. In 1999 Cerati formed the electronic duo Ocio with longtime
Soda Stereo Soda Stereo is an Argentine rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1982 by Gustavo Cerati (lead vocals, guitar), Héctor "Zeta" Bosio (bass) and Carlos Alberto Ficicchia "Charly Alberti" (drums). As the first Hispanic group to achieve mainstream ...
collaborator and trumpeter, Flavio Etcheto, releasing ''Medida Universal''. Around this time Cerati participated in the album ''Outlandos d'Americas: A Rock en Español Tribute to the Police'' collaborating with
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of
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and
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,
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), on a cover of
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's "Bring on the Night," (Spanish: Traeme la Noche). ''
Bocanada ''Bocanada'' (Puff) is the second solo album by Argentine rock music, rock musician Gustavo Cerati, released by Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG International on 28 June 1999. The album, an eclectic mix of neo-psychedelia and trip hop with a variety ...
'' ("Puff") was released in 1999 and was regarded as Gustavo Cerati's proper debut as a solo artist. It was recorded in Estudio CasaSubmarina (Cerati's home studio) in
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. Cerati used an MPC to record many of the tracks. The 48-piece orchestra in "Verbo Carne" was recorded in
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in London. The album was also mixed and mastered in London at
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Bocanada ''Bocanada'' (Puff) is the second solo album by Argentine rock music, rock musician Gustavo Cerati, released by Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG International on 28 June 1999. The album, an eclectic mix of neo-psychedelia and trip hop with a variety ...
immediately reached gold status in
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and received many accolades in the Argentinian and Latin American press. The album was universally praised for its grandeur and its beauty and is still considered by critics and fans alike as Cerati's ''
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''. The veteran
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rock critic David Cortés Arce had this to say about it, "''
Bocanada ''Bocanada'' (Puff) is the second solo album by Argentine rock music, rock musician Gustavo Cerati, released by Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG International on 28 June 1999. The album, an eclectic mix of neo-psychedelia and trip hop with a variety ...
'' is a fundamental album in the history of Iberoamerican Rock, in general, in all of the Spanish speaking countries."


2000–05

In 2001 Cerati made his foray into film with the score for the movie '' +Bien'' (literally, "+Good." A better translation of the phrase as used in Argentina would be "Of course", "duh!"), in which he acted in as well. The film was an independent movie directed by Eduardo Capilla, and starred Ruth Infarinato, VJ for Latin MTV. Cerati's wife at the time,
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, also played a small role in the film. The soundtrack was nominated for an award in the category of best instrumental pop album at the
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. In August 2001 Cerati held a private concert in the historic
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in Buenos Aires. He was accompanied by a 42 piece orchestra conducted by Alejandro Terán. The recording of the concert was released as '' 11 Episodios Sinfónicos'' ("Eleven Symphonic Episodes") and consisted of seven arrangements of
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classics and four of his solo songs played entirely by orchestra. Cerati took '' 11 Episodios Sinfónicos'' on the road, playing
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, Caracas,
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, and finishing it off with three shows at the Gran Rex theater in Buenos Aires. The CD was well received by critics and fans alike and a live DVD was eventually released. In November 2002 Cerati released his third studio album '' Siempre es Hoy'' ("It's Always Today"). Cerati enlisted the help of producer/ engineer Sacha Triujeque and Antonio "Toy" Hernández of the Mexican Hip hop group
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. The album was a departure from the slow tempo,
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of ''
Bocanada ''Bocanada'' (Puff) is the second solo album by Argentine rock music, rock musician Gustavo Cerati, released by Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG International on 28 June 1999. The album, an eclectic mix of neo-psychedelia and trip hop with a variety ...
'' and '' +Bien'', and the dramatic orchestration of '' 11 Episodios Sinfónicos''. The songs on the album varied from pop/rock to radio friendly electronic rock. The tour for '' Siempre es Hoy'' extended as far as New York and Chicago. In 2003 Cerati released ''Siempre es Hoy: Reversiones'' ("It's Always Today: Re-versions") an album of remixes of '' Siempre es Hoy'' tracks from different Latin American Musicians and the German producer Wechsel Garland. Simultaneously, Cerati teamed up with longtime collaborator Flavio Etcheto, and Leandro Fresco to form the self-described "power laptop trio" Roken, which he played concurrently during the '' Siempre es Hoy'' tour. Roken's non-conventional approach focused on improvisation and writing songs in real time. They played in various festivals throughout Latin America as well as in underground clubs in the United States. In 2004 "Canciones Elegidas 93-04" ("Selected Songs 93-04") a double album compilation of Cerati's solo work was released simultaneously in
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and
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. The release was followed by a small tour of
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and
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.


2005–10

After working for much of 2005 on new material, Cerati released ''
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'' ("There We Go") in April 2006. Co-produced by longtime
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collaborator
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, ''
Ahí Vamos ''Ahí Vamos'' (Spanish for ''There We Go'') is a 2006 studio album by Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati. The album was met with both positive reviews by critics and popularity, especially in Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexic ...
'' marked Cerati's triumphant return to guitar rock. For the recording of ''
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'', Cerati was accompanied by longtime collaborators,
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, Fernando Nalé, and many others. The album was mixed by Héctor Castillo, a prolific engineer whose credits include
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, and
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, to name a few. The album was mastered by
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in New York City. ''
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'' was lauded by fans and critics alike as a return to form for Cerati. The ''
Ahí Vamos ''Ahí Vamos'' (Spanish for ''There We Go'') is a 2006 studio album by Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati. The album was met with both positive reviews by critics and popularity, especially in Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexic ...
'' tour traveled through Latin America, the
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, the United States (where he played in New York's
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), Spain, and on 12 October 2006, Cerati played London, England, for the first time in his career. The album was showered with accolades and awards, receiving eight Gardel (equivalent of a U.S. Grammy) nominations in Argentina and winning all but one of the nominations, a first for any Argentinian artist. In the
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Cerati was awarded the top prizes, "''Antorcha de Oro''," (Gold Torch) and the "''Gaviota De Plata''" (Silver Seagull). It was the most nominated album during the 2006 Latin Grammy awards as well as the MTV Latino awards. Cerati won three Grammys, for best Rock Vocal, best Rock song, and one for best producer with his production work on
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(Oral Fixation, Vol. 1). ''
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'' also topped the "best of" lists in the Argentinian press and he was even awarded a prize by the City of
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for his contribution to Argentinian culture. Cerati closed the ''
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'' tour with a massive open air show in
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, held on the corner of Avenida Alcorta and Pampas. The free show was attended by 200,000 people. 2007 also saw the reunion of
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. The subsequent comeback tour Me Verás Volver ("You will See Me Return") consisted of 22 concerts in nine countries:
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,
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the United States,
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,
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,
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and
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. The tour was attended by more than one million fans and broke attendance records in various cities. In July 2007, Cerati participated in the Live Earth Festival in Hamburg Germany, alongside
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. Besides working with
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, Cerati contributed to,
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producer, musician, and two-time Oscar winner, Gustavo Santaolla's album ''Mar Dulce'' ("Sweet Sea"). Cerati sang on "El Mareo" the second single on Santaolalla's ''Mar Dulce'' which was recorded at
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in New York City. In 2008, Cerati released a DVD version of ''
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'' and performed in various festivals throughout Latin America alongside,
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,
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, and
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. In late 2008 Cerati recruited many of the same musicians who worked on ''
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'' to begin work on his new album. In March 2009, Cerati and his band traveled to Stratosphere Sound in New York City and Looking Glass studios to record tracks for '' Fuerza Natural'' ("Natural Force"). Notable contributors included Héctor Castillo, Session drummer
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whose resume includes
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,
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, and
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, Didi Gutman of
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, bassist and lap steel guitarists Byron Isaacs, and keyboardist Glenn Patscha. '' Fuerza Natural'' was a marked change from the riffing of
Ahí Vamos ''Ahí Vamos'' (Spanish for ''There We Go'') is a 2006 studio album by Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati. The album was met with both positive reviews by critics and popularity, especially in Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexic ...
and the electronics of ''
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'' and '' Siempre es Hoy''. The collections of songs focused on a cleaner, more acoustic pop sound, as well as
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and
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.
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took notice of this, "pero es más folkie, más espacial y más acústico, con una legión de guitarras, mandolinas y dobros que levantan polvo sobre las programaciones" (English: but it is more folkie, more spatial and acoustic, with a legion of guitars, mandolins, and dobros that sprinkle dust on the sequencers). Similar observations were made by Mariano Prunes writing in
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, " Fuerza Natural has a curious sequencing structure, as it seems to be organized in stylistic batches. It begins with a trio of
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Cerati hits in that suave, effortless manner that always suited him so well; it then switches to a surprising but rather unsuccessful bluesy/folksy diptych." Regardless of the mixed reviews, '' Fuerza Natural'' entered the charts in
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,
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at No. 1. It is the first Cerati album to be sold in digital format in
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through MusicPass as well as was
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. The album sold 40,000 copies in Argentina on its first week of release and 500,000 albums worldwide. In 2010 Cerati was awarded a Latin Grammy for "Best Rock Song." The '' Fuerza Natural'' tour kicked off on 19 November in
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Mexico. Cerati played Stadiums and large venues in
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,
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,
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,
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, The United States,
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,
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and
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, 21 shows in total. Cerati's final show was held in
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,
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on 15 May 2010. Cerati suffered a stroke immediately after the show.


Personal life

Gustavo Cerati maintained a very low public profile and not much is known about his private life. Cerati's first wife was Belén Edwards, an Argentine designer whom he married in 1987 and divorced in 1989. In 1992 he married the Chilean model, actress, and singer
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. Their marriage lasted for ten years and they had two children Benito Cerati Amenábar, also a singer and musician, and Lisa Cerati Amenábar. After his divorce from Cecilia Amenábar, Cerati dated the
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model
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, ex-girlfriend of
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drummer
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in the 1990s. She also sang in Alberti's side project Plum. In 2008 Cerati started dating the
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actress Leonora Balcarce. While they broke up in late 2009, she remained friendly with him and his family, visiting his bedside throughout his coma. Cerati maintained from 2004 until his last days a close acquaintance with the Uruguayan artist
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. Cerati met Argentinean model Chloe Bello during the summer of 2009, when she was 22 years old. Despite the age difference, the two of them became involved. Cerati invited Bello to attend the launch of Fuerza Natural in Mendoza and subsequently joined him on an international tour. Due to work obligations, Bello left his side before Cerati travelled to
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, where he suffered a stroke that led to a coma, complications from which eventually cost him his life four years later.


Failing health and death

After performing two shows in
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and
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,
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, Cerati headed to Venezuela and performed one last show in Caracas on 15 May 2010. Cerati suffered a stroke just after putting an end to this performance. He developed the first symptoms of an unknown condition backstage. He was hospitalized in Centro Médico La Trinidad in Caracas under medical surveillance. Three days later, Cerati underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his brain due to the stroke he suffered. On 7 June 2010, Cerati was transferred to the FLENI Neurological Institute in Buenos Aires. Doctors immediately treated Cerati for a respiratory tract infection. The following day, doctors reported extensive brain damage due to the stroke. Cerati fell into a coma sometime before. He was maintained on life support hoping for a recovery. A month after the stroke, Claudio E. Pensa M.D., medical director of the FLENI Neurological Institute, issued a statement to the press stating that Cerati's medical condition remained unchanged and that he would only provide new information if changes were to occur. On 2 December 2010, a statement was issued by ALCLA Clinic's medical director stating that, neurologically, Cerati was reacting to thermal stimuli. On 14 May 2014, the family released a statement to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the stroke. It included a medical report by Gustavo Barbalace M.D. stating: "Mr. Gustavo Cerati remains hospitalized (...) without any serious complications, in good nutritional shape and without lesions due to immobility. Neurologically there's no significant changes and remains under mechanical respiratory aid." After four years in a coma, Gustavo Cerati died from
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on the morning of 4 September 2014 while on life support. Immediately after his death, Cerati's doctor stated to the media "Gustavo died with dignity without any pain, without any wounds." His body was buried at
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in Buenos Aires.


Tributes and remembrances

While performing at
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Madrid on 5 June 2010, Colombian singer
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dedicated her song "
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" to Cerati. It was her first live performance of the song which became the title track of her ninth studio album. During their
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, Irish rock band U2 paid tribute to Cerati during a concert in
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, Argentina, in March 2011. The tribute came during the intro to "
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".
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said "We would like you to think about Gustavo Cerati. We send him our love and respect, and he will hear our voices tonight." The 60,000 fans attending the show at the Único Stadium gave him a standing ovation. Swedish rockers
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performed the intro of " De Música Ligera" before their song " Joyride" in one of their Travelling the World Tour shows in May 2012. The crowd sang the first verse of the song. On 11 August 2015,
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celebrated his 56th birthday with a
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. British rock band
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paid tribute to Cerati by performing "De Música Ligera" on the final concerts of their
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in La Plata, Argentina, on 14 November 2017. One year before, singer
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had revealed that his favorite latin songs were "De Música Ligera" and "Agua de beber" by
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and
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. In 2015, Cerati was featured in various Argentine stamps. Also, a street in Buenos Aires was renamed in his honor. In 2018, National Geographic Latin America created a two part documentary series on Gustavo Cerati Also, several murals of Cerati were painted in Buenos Aires.


Discography


With Soda Stereo

* ''
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'' (1984) * '' Nada Personal'' (1985) * '' Signos'' (1986) * ''
Doble Vida ''Doble Vida'' (Spanish for ''Double Life'') is the fourth album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, released on 15 September 1988. It was remastered in 2007 at Sterling Sound in New York. Track listing # "Picnic en el 4º B" (Cerati ...
'' (1988) * '' Canción Animal'' (1990) * ''
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'' (1992) * '' Sueño Stereo'' (1995)


Solo

* ''
Amor Amarillo ''Amor Amarillo'' (Spanish for ''Yellow Love'') is the first solo album by Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati, as a side-project, while he was still active in Soda Stereo, his ex-band. Track listing All songs written by Gustavo Cerati, ex ...
'' (1993) * ''
Bocanada ''Bocanada'' (Puff) is the second solo album by Argentine rock music, rock musician Gustavo Cerati, released by Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG International on 28 June 1999. The album, an eclectic mix of neo-psychedelia and trip hop with a variety ...
'' (1999) * '' Siempre es hoy'' (2002) * ''
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'' (2006) * '' Fuerza Natural'' (2009) * ''Fuerza Natural Tour, Monterrey, MX, 2009'' (2019)


Concept

* '' +Bien'' (Movie Soundtrack) (2001) * '' 11 Episodios Sinfónicos'' (Live with Symphonic Orchestra) (2001) * 14 Episodios Sinfónicos/En Vivo/Auditorio Nacional de México/Febrero 2022 (Live with Symphonic Orchestra) (2022)


Collaboration albums

* ''
Colores Santos ''Colores Santos'' (Spanish for "Holy Colors") is an album released by Argentine musicians Gustavo Cerati and Daniel Melero under the name ''Cerati/Melero'' in 1992. The album was recorded and released previous to Soda Stereo's album ''Dynamo'' ( ...
'' with Daniel Melero (1992) * ''Colores Santos, the Remixes'' with Daniel Melero (1995) * ''Plan V'' (1996) with Plan V * ''Plan Black V Dog'' (1998) with Plan V * ''Medida Universal'' (1999) with Ocio * ''Insular P' (2000) with Ocio * Roken (with Flavius E., Leandro Fresco) (only live presentations, no recordings exist) (2004)


Producer

* (1986) – Fricción * '' Sueños en tránsito'' (1997) –
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* ''Outlandos D'Americas: A Rock en Español Tribute to the Police'' (1998) ( Ark 21) * ''Mar'' (2001) –
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* ''Héroes Antologia: 1986/1988'' (2004) – Fricción * ''
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'' (2005) –
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* ''
Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 ''Oral Fixation, Vol. 2'' (Spanish: ''Fijación Oral, Vol. 2'') is the seventh studio album and second English-language album by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira, released on 28 November 2005, by Epic Records. After attaining international ...
'' (2006) – Shakira * ''
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'' (2010) – Shakira


Guest musician

* ''
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'' (1988) –
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* ''La Gota Cava La Piedra (Vidala La Rioja)'' (1991) – Virginia Vilte * ''De Vicio Me Has de Aborrecer (Baguala, Tucuman)'' (1991) – Virginia Vilte * ''Travesia'' (1992) – Los Siete Delfines * ''
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* ''Fin de Semana Salvaje'' (1995) – Los Brujos * ''Pinamar'' (2000) – Francisco Bochaton * ''Andrea Álvarez'' (2001) – Andrea Álvarez * ''Plastico'' (2001) – Los Calzones * ''Curvas'' (2002) – Antonio Birabent * ''Pr3ssion'' (2003) – Pr3ssion * ''Vida Real'' (2004) – Acida * ''Fan'' (2004) – Fernando Samalea * ''19'' (2004) – Emmanuel Horvilleur * ''Mama Killer Night'' (2004) – CAPRI * ''El Mago'' (2004) – Cerati - Samalea * ''Cassette'' (2005) – Telefunka * ''Cuarto Creciente'' (2005) – Leo Garcia * ''No'' (2005) – Shakira * ''The Day and the Time'' (2005) – Shakira * ''Inconsciente Colectivo'' (2005) –
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* ''Cuarto Creciente'' (2005)- Leo García * ''Easy'' (2006) – Wechsel Garland * ''
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* ''Avion'' (2008) – No lo Soporto * ''Sueño en Gotas'' (2008) – D-Mente * ''Primicia'' (2009) – Fernando Samalea * ''Discotape'' (2010) – CAPRI * ''Espuma de Sol'' (2010) – Sebastian Escofet * ''The Child Will Fly'' (2008) – With
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Pedro Aznar Pedro Aznar (born 23 July 1959) is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has a musical experience in jazz, Argentine folk and rock music and has a successful career as a solo artist. He is well known for giving rock songs a jazz-orient ...
* ''Estrategias Fatales'' (2012) – Daniel Melero * ''Desde el papel'' (2012) – 202 * ''Viento'' (2012) – Christian Basso * ''Sol de Medianoche'' (2015) – Leandro Fresco * ''Normal'' (2015) – Richard Coleman


Movies

* ''+Bien'' (2001) – Gustavo played the character named Jorge IMDB profile
Information in IMDB


Clothing line

* GC Basement


References


External links

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Soda Stereo official website

2006 Interview with Cerati by Patrick Ambrose
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