The musician was hospitalized since April 28 with pneumonia. Toro signed more than a thousand works, among which are true classics of the Argentine and Latin American songbook.
The artist created romantic hymns such as "Para ir a buscarte" (with Ariel Petrocelli), "Mi mariposa triste" and the aforementioned and versionadísima "Zamba para olvidarte" He was on stage less than 10 years having to retire with songs banned in the dictatorship and a cancer in the throat.