Eduardo Franco

Eduardo Franco Zannier (15 March 1945, in Paysandú, Uruguay – 1 February 1989, in Ib.) was a singer and Uruguayan composer who gained international fame as the vocalist of the melodic group Los Iracundos.
Biography.
With Los Iracundos, Franco rose to international acclaim around the mid 60s, with juvenile romantic subjects such as «Calla», «Todo erminó», «El desengaño», «La lluvia terminó», «Felicidad, felicidad», «El triunfador», «Puerto Montt» and «Es la lluvia que cae»,; included subject in the album Los "Iracundos en Roma"-the most successful of this decade- successes that carry them to incursionar, even, in the cinema, in several opportunities like invited and in one of them like protagonists, in the film "Este loco verano" where besides interpreted the songs of his repertoire and Locos por la musica.
On 1 February 1989, Eduardo Franco died of a terminal cancer to the lymphatic ganglions in his hometown, after several years of enduring in front of his demanded profession; leaving like successor to Jorge Julio Gatto Bell.