Real Housewives Of Miami star Herman Echevarria has been found dead in his hotel room.
The 61-year-old Miami businessman's body was discovered inside Miami's Epic Hotel on Monday morning.
His family and employees contacted police after he failed to show up for work. Miami police are now investigating the cause of death.
Sources told E Online he may have died in his sleep after suffering a heart attack.
Herman starred on RHOM with ex-wife Alexia, 49, with whom he founded Venue magazine.
They separated last year and finalized their divorce in May.
She said in a statement: 'The Echevarria family is heartbroken over the sudden passing of our patriarch Herman Echevarria this morning.
'He was a family man, a hardworking businessman, dedicated to helping others and a pillar of his community that was loved by everyone who's life he touched.
Despite their split, the couple continued to work together on Venue magazine and remained friends.
Herman raised Alexia's two sons from her first marriage, Peter and Frankie.
Their biological father was drug felon Pedro Luis Rosello, who was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison after being part of one of the largest cocaine smuggling operations in the 1980s.