What is Gustavo Cerati?
[[File:Gustavo Cerati, Madrid, 2006.10.10.jpg|thumb|Cerati in October 2006.]] '''Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clarke''' (11 August 1959 &ndash; 4 September 2014) was an [[Argentines|Argentine]] [[rock music]]ian, [[singer-songwriter]], [[composer]] and [[Record producer|producer]]. He was best known as the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the [[rock band]] [[Soda Stereo]] from 1982 until 1997. Soda Stereo are considered by critics to be the most important and influential band of [[Rock en español|Latin rock]]. He released five [[album]]s between 1993 and 2009. He was nominated for many [[Grammy]], [[MTV]], and Gardel awards during his career. Cerati was born in [[Buenos Aires]]. He was of [[Italians|Italian]], [[English people|English]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] ancestry. He was married to [[Chile]]an [[Model (person)|model]] Cecilia Amenábar from 1992 until 2002. They had two children: Lisa and Benito. Cerati went into a [[coma]] after having a [[stroke]] on 14 May 2010 after a concert in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]. He remained in a coma until his death from [[respiratory arrest]] due to an [[aneurysm]]/[[brain damage]] on 4 September 2014 in Buenos Aires. He was 55.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-gustavo-cerati-20140905-story.html|title=Gustavo Cerati, beloved Argentine rock star, dies at 55|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=4 September 2014|accessdate=5 September 2014|first=Chris|last=Kraul}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29070408|title=Gustavo Cerati: Argentine rock legend dies after long coma|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=4 September 2014|accessdate=5 September 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official|http://www.cerati.com/}} {{Small|{{in lang|es}}}} * {{IMDb name|0148455}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cerati, Gustavo}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Argentine singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Argentine composers]] [[Category:Deaths from intracranial