Eduardo Alquinta
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Born | January 22, 1945 |
Died | January 15, 2003 Coquimbo, Chile | (aged 57)
Genres | Folk |
Instruments | Vocalist |
Associated acts | Los Jaivas |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Los_Jaivas_1972.jpg/220px-Los_Jaivas_1972.jpg)
Gato Alquinta (right) with Los Jaivas in 1972
Eduardo Fernando Alquinta Espinoza (January 22, 1945 – January 15, 2003), more commonly known by his friends and followers as "Gato" Alquinta, was a Chilean guitarist and vocalist from the folk/progressive rock group Los Jaivas, Chile's longest-surviving group. He died of a heart attack while on vacation in Coquimbo, Chile.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Monumento_Eduardo_Alquinta%2C_Quinta_Vergara%2C_Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar_20200120_21.jpg/220px-Monumento_Eduardo_Alquinta%2C_Quinta_Vergara%2C_Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar_20200120_21.jpg)
Monument to Gato Alquinta in Viña del Mar.
Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2003 deaths
- Chilean folk singers
- Nueva canción musicians
- 20th-century Chilean male singers
- Chilean male guitarists
- Chilean singer-songwriters
- 20th-century guitarists
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- South American singer stubs