 On July 16, 2010, Arroyo was hospitalized after suffering a "mild heart attack"; he fell ill at an event leading up to the Yankees' July 17 Old-Timers' Day celebration, an annual event where Arroyo was a popular figure.Arroyo died on January 13, 2016 in Ponce, Puerto Rico.The Yankees announced his death saying that Arroyo's daughter said he had been diagnosed with cancer in December 2015.