The Peruvian singer died at the age of 54 after a rare illness

Peruvian singer Pedro Suarez died on the morning of December 28 at the age of 54, the Peruvian Union of Writers and Composers confirmed to El Comercio newspaper.

The Peruvian National Police arrived at his home in Miraflores, where he spent his last moments alive, at 6:55 in the morning.

RPP Noticias reported that Suárez-Vértiz died of a heart attack and that the death certificate will be issued by the interpreter’s primary physician.

What disease did Pedro Suárez-Vértiz suffer from?

Vocalist He fought for years against muscle atrophya degenerative disease he was diagnosed with in 2011 that kept him off the stage for years as it prevented him from singing normally.

Spinal muscular atrophy is “a group of inherited muscle diseases that cause progressive muscle degeneration and weakness,” explains the National Center for the Advancement of Translational Sciences website.

Despite his deteriorating health, Pedro Suárez-Vértiz did not completely distance himself from music and continued to produce from his home.

This 2023 surprised by releasing the song “Amor, I lost your faith”, which he performed with the help of Artificial Intelligence 12 years after his absence from the stage.

“Before I stopped shouting, I wrote a song that I was never able to record. It didn’t make it past the demo. “Who would have thought that today, 12 years later, I could sing it thanks to artificial intelligence,” he said on social networks.

Who was Pedro Suárez-Vértiz, a singer who suffered a serious illness?

The singer was born on February 13, 1969 in Callao, Peru. From a very young age he showed his musical ability, composing his first song at the age of nine.

As a teenager he created his first band, together with his brother, the musician Patricio Suárez-Vértiz, with whom in 1985 would form Arena Hash, supplemented by actor Christian Meier on keyboards.

Eight years later he released his first solo album and slowly established his career, becoming a symbol of Peruvian rock.

In 2007, he began to struggle with his health when he developed dysarthria, a condition in which people have difficulty speaking because the muscles used are weakened or difficult to control.

It wasn’t until four years later that his diagnosis was confirmed, revealing that he was suffering from muscular atrophy.