The singer-songwriter Pedro Suárez-Vértizone of the main figures of Peruvian rock, died this Thursday at 54 years old due to heart problems, several local media reported and municipal authorities confirmed.
“From the municipality of Miraflores we regret the death of Pedro Martín José María Suárez-Vértiz Alva, a prominent inhabitant of our district, musician, singer, composer, producer and writer”, the municipality of that district of Lima.
The local government sent “its deepest condolences to his relatives, family and friends.”
The RPP station reported that police sources confirmed that Suárez-Vértiz suffered a heart attack at 6:55 a.m. local time at his home in the Miraflores neighborhood.
Pedro Suárez-Vertiz, musician loved by the Peruvian rock scene. Photo: IGA long illness
Suárez-Vertiz stopped public appearances ten years ago after reporting the incident he suffered from bulbar paralysisa disease that affects the lower motor neurons of the brainstem.
However, he has continued to develop personal projects, to the point that this month he published a new edition of his autobiography I, Peter and maintained active participation in social networks.
The singer-songwriter responded a few days ago to a questionnaire sent to him by the newspaper El Comercio, in which he stated that he was “more limited (physically) than before”, but said that he would not change “for the Pedro of the last decade.”
Pedro Suárez-Vertiz suffered from bulbar paralysis. Photo: IG“The peace I achieved erased all my nostalgia,” he said.
A successful career
Suárez-Vertiz established himself in the 1980s as one of the most important young artists on the local scene leading the group Sand messwhich also had among its members the famous actor Christian Meier.
After recording two albums with that group, the musician He began a successful career as a soloist in 1993.with the release of their debut album, (They don’t exist) Techniques to forgetwhich included iconic songs like Tell me, gas balloon and the ballad I got up.
He then recorded six more productions, with songs that also achieved success in other countries in the region, including When do you plan to returnconsidered an anthem of Latin American migrants.
Source: Clarin
