Overview
- The Fundación Piazzolla announced his death on Friday, citing complications from pulmonary emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- He died in Villa La Angostura, where he had lived since 2010.
- In 1976–77 he played synthesizers and percussion in Astor Piazzolla’s Octeto Electrónico and also handled key organizational duties.
- He helped safeguard the legacy through the album Piazzolla por Piazzolla, the 1996 Astortango tribute with Chick Corea and Gary Burton, and a 2018 documentary collaboration.
- Following about twelve years of estrangement after the Octeto period, he reconciled with his father before 1992, and his son Daniel “Pipi” Piazzolla publicly mourned him.