Gustavo Adrián Cerati was an Argentine singersongwriter composer and producer considered one of the most important and influential figures of IberoAmerican rock Cerati along with his band Soda Stereo were one of the most popular and influential rock and pop groups of the 1980s and 90s 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 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 He and his band had intended to go to a showafterparty at the rock club Moulin Rouge located on Francisco Solano López Avenue in the Sabana Grande area of Caracas but his symptoms started developing backstage right after his last performance concluded