Marcos Mundstock (May 25, 1942 – April 22, 2020) was an Argentine musician, writer, comedian, actor, broadcaster and copywriter. He had dual nationality of Argentina and Spain, having obtained the latter in 2012. Born in

Santa Fe, Argentina Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (; usually called just Santa Fe, lit. "Holy Faith") is the capital city of the provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina. It is situated in north-eastern Argentina, near the junction of t ...

, he was best known as a founding member of

Les Luthiers Les Luthiers is an Argentine comedy-musical group, very popular also in several other Spanish language, Spanish-speaking countries including Paraguay, Guatemala, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Bolivia, Cuba, Costa Rica an ...

, their emcee, and as writer of many of their shows and lyrics. He also invented one of their most famous instruments, the gom-horn (a trumpet parody) and occasionally played keyboards and percussion for their numbers. Mostly, his role was that of the 'non-musician' member, in spite of having sung for their (mostly operatic) pieces with some frequency. In the beginning of 2020, it was announced that, due to health problems, Mundstock would not be a part of Les Luthiers for the year. He died on April 22, 2020, in

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, due to a brain tumor diagnosed in 2019.

Honours

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Commander by Number of the

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(cnYC) (2007)

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* 1942 births People from Santa Fe, Argentina Argentine male comedians Jewish Argentine comedians Jewish Argentine musicians Jewish Argentine writers Les Luthiers 2020 deaths Deaths from brain cancer in Argentina {{Argentina-musician-stub