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UPDATE: Over two months after his passing, new details about Erick Morillo's death have been revealed.

The Miami-Dade medical examiner confirms to E! News that the music producer's cause of death is acute ketamine toxicity, while the manner of death has been ruled an accident.

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A man behind one of the most recognizable songs of the '90s has died.

Erick Morillo, music producer and DJ famous for the dance hit "I Like to Move It," has died, E! News can confirm. The music star was 49 years old.

His death is currently being investigated by Miami Beach police after they responded to a 911 call around 10:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, the department confirmed to E! News.

Morillo's death comes two weeks after he pleaded not guilty to sexual battery in a recent criminal case. In early August, Miami's Local 10 reported he had been arrested and charged over an alleged incident with another DJ at his Miami Beach home in December 2019. E! News has reached out to his rep and attorney for comment.

The award-winning DJ rose to fame in 1993 with the release of "I Like to Move It," which he co-wrote and co-produced under the alias Reel 2 Real for the Strictly Rhythm label. The song, which charted all over the world, has since become a memorable '90s hit and has been named one of the best dance tracks of all time.

The hit also evolved into a frequent pop culture reference and has been featured in several films, including the Madagascar series.


Morillo, who was born in New York and spent his younger years in New Jersey, was later honored as an adult when an avenue in his childhood Union City, NJ neighborhood was renamed after him.

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"It's important to recognize those in the community who contribute to our hometown," Union City Mayor Brian Stack said in 2012. "We can all be proud to call Erick a part of our community."

In late July, amid the coronavirus pandemic, Morillo reminisced about DJing as he wrote on Instagram, "I miss going to work."

As news broke about his sudden death, fans and colleagues reacted to the news online, including fellow DJ Yousef.

"Can't believe it. Only spoke to him last week," he tweeted. "He was troubled, less than perfect but was always amazing to me and helped us get circus going in the early days, and we had many amazing times over the 20 years we we're friends. Genuinely gutted. RIP."

This story was originally published on Tue, Sep 1, 2020, 2:04 p.m.
 
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King Julian needs his ketamine more than he needs his life, it seems.

Jokes aside this fucking sucks. Pretty much every drug overdose death sucks because it all comes down to human error of dosing and fighting the cravings for that shit. A lot of real cool people just end up dying from that shit, and it's probably why there's the whole "don't do drugs" type messaging thing aside from the obvious fearmongering by organizations.
 
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He liked his ketamine more than he liked to move it.
 
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Endless he no move no mo jokes aside, how much ketamine does it take to OD?! I've done boat loads of that shit in the past and just wound up in a hole incapable of doing anything, especially snort more ketamine.
 
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Let's Find Out! said:
I know the Browns have an extensive substance abuse history, but I'm going to guess that it was Covid.
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Or the George Floyd opioids/COVID cocktail.
verygayFrogs said:
The Miami-Dade medical examiner confirms to E! News that the music producer's cause of death is acute ketamine toxicity, while the manner of death has been ruled an accident.
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How the fuck do you OD on ketamine? Just eyballing it? Isn't it usually delivered in measured syringes like most shit diverted from veterinary practices? My guess would be he mistook it for something else or got it in some weird form, or there's some bathtub variant going around. I've never heard of anyone dying from this, although I suppose it has to have happened.
 
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Jimmy Durante's Ballsack said:
The old man (our dog) went outside this evening, did his usual walk-around the lake, laid down on the back stoop to survey his domain like he always did and then died right then and there.

RIP old man.
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Sad to hear.

These souls join us on the journey for a little while, and then are gone.
Take heart that he passed in his familiar surrounds, among friends.
 
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