Gustavo Cerati: Listeners Look Back At A Latin Rock Legend — npr.org

Argentine musician Gustavo Cerati performs in the Dominican Republic in 2007. Ricardo Hernandez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption Argentine musician Gustavo Cerati performs in the Dominican Republic in 2007. Earlier this month, we were shaken by the death of Latin rock legend Gustavo Cerati, who died in his native Argentina on Sept. 4 after spending several years in a coma following a stroke. When we found out, we were just sitting down to record Alt.Latino. We decided that, rather than putting together a last-minute tribute, we should give this music legend the proper farewell he deserved. So we invited listeners and friends to share their most important Cerati moments with us.

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