Overview
- Fundación Piazzolla confirmed his December 26 death at age 80 from complications of long‑standing emphysema, also described as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- He played synthesizers and percussion in the Octeto Electrónico during 1976–77 and took on organizational duties, including during the group’s 1977 European tour.
- His custodial work included organizing the 1996 Astortango tribute that reunited Octeto members with Chick Corea and Gary Burton and releasing the album Piazzolla por Piazzolla.
- He collaborated on the 2018 documentary Piazzolla, los años del tiburón and had been preparing an autobiographical memoir that remained unpublished at his death.
- After a rupture following the Octeto’s dissolution in 1978, he reconciled with his father shortly before Astor’s 1992 passing, and his son Daniel “Pipi” Piazzolla posted a public farewell on Instagram.