'I Like to Move It' DJ, Erick Morillo, Dead at 49
Erick Morillo 'I Like to Move It' DJ Dead at 49
UPDATE
1:16 PM PT -- Miami Beach PD tells TMZ there were no apparent signs of foul play, and Morillo's cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner.
DJ Erick Morillo -- best known for his 1993 hit, "I Like to Move It" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell us the DJ and music producer's body was found this morning in Miami Beach ... the circumstances surrounding his death are currently unclear.
Best known for his work in international house music, Morillo produced his biggest hit in the '90s with the electro-dance track "I Like to Move It" ... which he put out under the stage name Reel 2 Real.
He's a 3-time winner of the DJ Awards' Best House DJ and a 3-time winner of Best International DJ ... including his most recent win in 2009.
Morillo's death comes a few weeks after he was arrested in Miami on sexual battery charges. The alleged victim claims she and Morillo went to his place after they were both DJing. She alleges she resisted his sexual advances, and then went to sleep at his place, but woke up nude ... with Morillo standing next to her, also nude.
He'd turned himself in on August 6.
Morillo was 49.
Originally published -- 11:30 AM PT
