Marcil was killed in the earthquake in Haiti on January 12 , 2010 ( 8 days shy of his 66th birthday ) . He had just arrived in Port-au-Prince on a business trip for his current employer , the Montreal engineering firm Groupe SM International . On January 23 , his wife confirmed that Marcil 's body had been found in the rubble of the Hôtel Montana . He had died instantly , on the fifth floor of the hotel
earthquake in Haiti
2010 Haiti earthquake
Serge Marcil