| Background: | person |
| Osvaldo Fattoruso | |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1948 |
| Death Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay[1] |
| Genre: | Latin rock, candombe, jazz |
| Instrument: | Drums |
| Past Member Of: | Los Shakers |
Osvaldo Fattoruso (12 May 1948 – 29 July 2012) was a Uruguayan musician.[2]
He introduced rock in Latin America with his band Los Shakers, and created a fusion between jazz, rock and African rhythms.[3]
Fattoruso died on July 29, 2012 at the age of 64 and is buried at the Cementerio del Norte, Montevideo.[4]
He was the brother of Hugo Fattoruso and Sylvia Veronica Fattoruso.