Overview
- Multiple family statements and media reports say Mauro Menéndez — known as DJ Maahez — died in Barbados after falling ill during a trip on Thursday, July 16.
- Relatives describe that he returned from Los Angeles with cold‑like symptoms that progressed to severe pneumonia and then to one or more cardiac events, though no official coroner or medical report has been released.
- Aylín Mujica posted public messages and images mourning her son and attended services as relatives and colleagues shared condolences across social media.
- A friend, Rick Silver, launched a GoFundMe to cover repatriation and funeral costs with a $22,200 target that has been exceeded while the family completes legal and transport procedures to move the body to Miami.
- Entertainment outlets offered differing details about the final hours, including unconfirmed reports of a videophone call and varying counts of cardiac episodes, and reporters say the family continues to await formal medical documentation.