Did Authorities Find Human Remains at Gustavo Cerati’s House?
Argentina's musician Gustavo Cerati performs during a show in solidarity with Chile's earthquake victims in Buenos Aires, Saturday March 13, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit central Chile on Feb. 27, causing widespread damage. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)
Authorities are carrying out an investigation at a house where Gustavo Cerati once lived after finding human remains. Though the late Argentinean rock star is linked to the house, was the dead body present during his stay in the Buenos Aires, Argentina, home?
Cerati has been in the headlines lately because news broke out that La Fiscalía y el Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense (The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team) was investigating human bones found in his former home. The findings were discovered as construction workers demolished the house on May 30. Though social media users started to speculate a connection between Cerati and the human remains based on his iconic-yet-sometimes-cryptic lyrics, it turns out that it’s possible that the singer didn’t even know he was residing near a dead body.
New details have emerged that place the person’s death in the 1990s — more than a decade before Cerati lived in the household, per Proceso. Other reports cite that the remains belong to a man who died in 1995. The aforementioned publication cites that the “En la Ciudad de la Furia” singer lived in the Buenos Aires house from 2001 to 2003, meaning the person found died and was buried well before Cerati lived there. Authorities estimate that the person who died was under 30, per El Colombiano. As of now, CNN states that there is no link between the rocker and the human remains.
Cerati, known as one of the most iconic pioneers of Latin American rock, was the vocalist, composer, and guitarist of Soda Stereo. The band was known for rock staples like “De Música Ligera,” “Cuando Pase el Temblor,” and “Nada Personal,” which helped their popularity soar in the late 1980s. Though the band disbanded in 1997, they reunited in 2007. Later, Cerati suffered a tragic stroke that put him in a four-year-long coma. He then passed away from a cardiac arrest in 2014.
Cerati continues to be a beloved icon in the Latine community and beyond. In 2023, Billboard placed him at No. 33 on their “The 50 Greatest Rock Lead Singers of All Time” list.