About
Adrián Cerati (11 August 1959 – 4 September 2014) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and producer,
considered one of the most important and influential figures of Ibero-American rock.
Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo, were one of the most popular and influential rock and pop groups of
the 1980s and 1990s.
Cerati was the recipient of many awards throughout his career including various Grammys, MTV awards, as well
as the MTV (Latin America) Legend Award with Soda Stereo, the first of its kind.
On 15 May 2010, Cerati suffered a massive brain stroke in Caracas following a concert; the stroke left him
in a coma, and four years later, on 4 September 2014,
Cerati died of cardiac arrest in Buenos Aires aged 55.
