In 2001, Enrique Aguilera, a young TV Azteca host and collaborator of Pati Chapoy, was found dead in his apartment.
Enrique Aguilera was a young TV Azteca host who worked closely with Pati Chapoy and Mónica Garza on “El medio del espectáculo.” Sadly, he was found dead in his apartment, news that completely shook the show’s production team and left the network deeply saddened.
The tragedy occurred on December 18, 2001, when Enrique failed to show up for his usual call. The team began to worry when they hadn’t heard from him, and after several attempts to contact him, his then-girlfriend, singer Lidia Ávila , went to his home and found him lifeless. He was only 33 years old.
According to statements by Pati Chapoy and Mónica Garza , his colleagues and close friends at TV Azteca, it was an accidental, unexpected, and devastating death. The emotional impact was so great that, even today, he is still remembered with affection and sadness by those who shared projects with him.
Mónica Garza, who was his co-star on “El medio del espectáculo,” recently shared how painful that moment was on the podcast “Perversiones de un café.”
“It was hard for me to understand that passing. We were very young. We were 31, 32 years old. At that time, you don’t think your contemporaries could die, much less like him, so suddenly, because we weren’t just coworkers, we were very close friends. I barely remember the chaos in the funeral home; no one could believe it. I remember walking into the funeral home, running into Pati, and we hugged, but I remember it all in a very hazy way.”
What did Enrique Aguilera die of?
Enrique Aguilera died at the age of 33 on December 18, 2001. Pati Chapoy confirmed that the host died of a bronchoaspiration . Living alone, no one was able to help him in time.
