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The author of the global hit “I Like to Move It,” made even more famous by the Dreamworks film “Madagascar,” is dead: the body of Erick Morillo, 49, was found yesterday at his Miami Beach home. . in Florida. This was announced by the local police. It is not yet clear what the cause of death is. As a Florida police spokesman reported, no traces of any violent events were found. The autopsy has yet to be performed.
A trial hearing was scheduled for next Friday in which Morillo was accused of sexual assault. Born in New York but raised partly in Colombia as well, Morillo had achieved notable successes as a DJ, especially in the house scene.
His hit “I Like to Move It” was released in 1993 under the pseudonym Reel 2 Real, while the general public mainly knew the singer of the song, singer Mark Quashie, also known as The Mad Stuntman, originally from Trinidad. In 2005 a new international triumph, when the song became part of the soundtrack of the 2005 animated film “Madagascar”.
