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{{Short description|Argentine musician (1960–2022)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Cantero|Hernández|lang=Spanish}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Marciano Cantero
| image            = Marciano Cantero.JPG
| image_size       = 270px
| caption          = Cantero performing
| birth_name       = Horacio Eduardo Cantero Hernández
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1960|8|25}}
| birth_place      = [[Mendoza, Argentina]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|9|8|1960|8|25}}
| death_place      = Mendoza, Argentina
| genre            = [[Rock en español]]
| occupation       = Musician
| instrument       = {{hlist|[[Vocals]]|[[Bass guitar|bass]]|[[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]}}
| years_active     = 1979–2022
| label            = [[Universal Music Group|Universal Latino]] 
}}
'''Marciano Cantero''' (born '''Horacio Eduardo Cantero Hernández''', 25 August 1960 – 8 September 2022) was a Mexican-Argentine musician. He was the lead singer and bassist of [[Enanitos Verdes]], an Argentine pop/rock band.<ref name="Bonacich">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/los-enanitos-verdes-p38610/biography|title=Biography: Los Enanitos Verde|last=Bonacich|first=Drago|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=29 December 2010}}</ref>

==Biography==

Cantero was nine when he first heard the Beatles and The Beach Boys, which he credits as one of his most important influences in his music. Cantero bought a [[bass guitar]] that was on sale with his savings, and started to practice with the instrument, helped by his older brother. After graduating high school, his father bought him a brand new bass guitar. He also started attending concerts in the underground circuit during the [[Proceso de Reorganización Nacional|civil military dictatorship]] of Argentina.

In 1979, he joined [[Felipe Staiti]] and [[Daniel Piccolo]] to form Enanitos Verdes<ref name=":0" /> (lit. "Little Green Dwarves", but more accurately considered equivalent to the phrase "Little Green Men"); they struggled at first, but eventually became idols in [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]]. They later moved to [[Buenos Aires]], where they also struggled performing in bars and clubs before recording their first album. After a label change, the Enanitos began their internationalization with [[CBS Argentina]] and became famous around [[Latin America]].

In 1990, Cantero started his solo career, recording ''Luna Nueva'' (1990) and Beat Club (1991). After that Marciano recorded numerous albums with ''Enanitos Verdes'' as well as releasing a Greatest Hits compilation in 1995, a Live CD in 2005, and their newest album titled ''Pescado Original'' in 2006 which includes the hit ''Mariposas''.

He lived in [[Hermosillo]], [[Sonora]], Mexico. In 2022, he returned to his birthplace, Mendoza, where he lived until his death.

== Illness and death ==
On 5 September 2022, he was hospitalized due to kidney illness. A surgery was performed, one kidney and part of his spleen were removed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Badaloni |first=Roxana |date=7 September 2022 |title=Marciano Cantero, cantante de Los Enanitos verdes, está internado en terapia intensiva por una complicación renal |url=https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/musica/marciano-cantero-cantante-enanitos-verdes-internado-terapia-intensiva-complicacion-renal_0_1p3ODSLPyV.html |access-date=9 September 2022 |website=Clarín |language=es}}</ref> He died three days later, on 8 September 2022, at the age of 62.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Badaloni |first=Roxana |date=8 September 2022 |title=Murió Marciano Cantero, el cantante de Enanitos Verdes: las emotivas palabras de su hijo |url=https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/murio-marciano-cantero-cantante-enanitos-verdes_0_tXpf7jtuXj.html |access-date=9 September 2022 |website=Clarín |language=es}}</ref>

== Collaborations ==

* <span class="s1"></span>1995: composed the song "Siempre te amé", for Andrés de León.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-12 |title=Enanitos Verdes: Cinco datos curiosos de la agrupación argentina |url=https://www.oxigeno.com.pe/musica/enanitos-verdes-cinco-datos-curiosos-de-la-agrupacion-argentina-noticia-1116281 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Oxigeno |language=es}}</ref>
* <span class="s1"></span>2001: collaborated as a lead singer on the song "El último adiós", of Rostros Ocultos.
* <span class="s1"></span>2002: co-wrote with [[Coti|Coti Sorokin]] his song "Volando".
* <span class="s1"></span>2008: composed and sang together with Vanaz, on the song "Extraño sabor".
* <span class="s1"></span>2009: collaborated on the song "Pasando galaxias", de Hugo Bistolfi.
* <span class="s4"></span>2010: participated on the song "Que cante la vida" in aid of the victims of an earthquake in Chile, together with [[Luis Fonsi]], [[Álex Ubago|Alex Ubago]], [[Ricardo Montaner]], [[Franco De Vita|Franco de Vita]], among others.
* <span class="s1"></span>2010: participated on "Hipnotika" of A.B. Quintanilla III, DJ Kaneand Voltio.
* <span class="s1"></span>2010: sang "Adivinaré" with Los Rancheros.
* <span class="s1"></span>2016: collaborated as a lead singer and bassist on the song "Puentes De Papel" of Argentine musician [[Damián Gaume]] together with Joaquín Franco (Adicta).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polvora.com.mx/2017/03/09/damian-gaume-y-sus-puentes-de-papel/|title=Damián Gaume y sus "Puentes de Papel"|last=Revista Pólvora|date=9 March 2017|website=Pólvora|language=es-MX|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930021148/https://www.polvora.com.mx/2017/03/09/damian-gaume-y-sus-puentes-de-papel/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* <span class="s1"></span>2019: co-wrote with [[Bad Bunny]] and [[J Balvin]] the song "UN PESO" for the album ''[[Oasis (J Balvin and Bad Bunny album)|Oasis]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Roiz |first=Jessica |date=2022-09-09 |title=Los Enanitos Verdes' Frontman Marciano Cantero Dead at 62 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/los-enanitos-verdes-singer-marciano-cantero-dead-1235136525/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{discogs artist|Marciano Cantero}}
* {{imdb name|4299214}}

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[[Category:20th-century Argentine male singers]]
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