According to the Spanish fanzine Indy Rock, "Gustavo Cerati is the most influential Rock en Español artist of the American continent, one of the most talented of the Argentinian musical scene." He was the recipient of many awards throughout his career including various Grammy's, MTV awards, as well as the MTV (Latin America) Legend Award with Soda Stereo, the first of its kind. Cerati died on 4 September 2014 at the age of 55, after suffering a stroke four years earlier in Caracas, Venezuela which resulted in a coma.