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Córdoba musician Marcelo Decall dies at 64
Marcelo Decall, a leading Córdoba rock musician, died at 64 on October 15 in Unquillo, Argentina.
He had been receiving care for the effects of a stroke he suffered months earlier.
Decall founded Pasaporte with his brother Alan in 1984, helping bring pop and new wave sounds to Córdoba's music scene.
The band won a breakthrough award the next year, and its albums took it across northern Argentina and into Bolivia.
Pasaporte sold 30,000 copies, a record for a Córdoba rock and pop group that helped make it the most successful local act of its generation.
Decall also worked as a guitarist and arranger for cuarteto singer Pelusa, showing his reach beyond pop.
He reunited Pasaporte in 2013 after returning from several years in Mexico, but the sources do not say what will happen to the band next.
Córdoba musician Marcelo Decall died on Thursday, October 15, at age 64.
He was being treated at the Instituto Modelo de Rehabilitación in Unquillo for effects of a stroke suffered months earlier.
Decall founded Pasaporte with his brother Alan in 1984 and became a prominent figure in Córdoba’s 1980s pop and rock scene.
Pasaporte sold 30,000 copies, a record for a Córdoba rock and pop group, according to Infobae.
- Who
- Marcelo Decall, musician and founder of Pasaporte.
- What
- He died at age 64.
- When
- Thursday, October 15, 2026.
- Where
- The Instituto Modelo de Rehabilitación in Unquillo, Córdoba province, Argentina.
- Why
- He had been hospitalized with effects of a stroke suffered months earlier.
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Decall began performing with the groups Aporiro and Almavelero.
He founded Pasaporte with his brother Alan Decall.
Pasaporte was named revelation at Chateau Rock.
Decall reunited Pasaporte and performed at the Griego Rock festival.
Decall died at age 64 while receiving care in Unquillo.
- Age
- 64
- Death date
- October 15, 2026
- Hospital
- Instituto Modelo de Rehabilitación, Unquillo
- Band founded
- Pasaporte, in 1984
- Pasaporte sales
- 30,000 copies