Gus Ormo, a well-known Venezuelan singer, composer and pianist, has been found dead in the swimming pool at his Florida home.
The musician, whose birth name was Gustavo Enrique Ormo, was discovered face down in the pool near a long cord at his Weston Hills residence, CBS News Miami reported, citing the Broward Sheriff’s Office. An emergency dispatcher told the Miami Herald that the body appeared to have been “tied up.”
Authorities have not publicly identified the victim, but Ormo’s sister, Antonieta Ormo, confirmed to CBS News Miami that the deceased man was her brother. She said the family has received little information about the circumstances surrounding his death.
A representative for Ormo did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Oxygen.
Deputies and emergency crews were called to the home on Oct. 16 after receiving a report of a possible drowning, a sheriff’s spokesperson told the Miami New Times.
“On scene, emergency crews located an adult male submerged inside of a pool and pronounced him deceased,” the spokesperson said in an email to the outlet. “Detectives with BSO’s Homicide and Crime Scene Units were notified and are on scene investigating the circumstances surrounding this suspicious incident. The investigation continues.”
Ormo’s remains were transported to the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office. Officials have not yet announced his cause or manner of death.
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News of the singer’s death has left neighbors in the Weston community stunned.
“It’s sad what happened,” resident Bruno Gedikinan told NBC Miami. “It wasn’t something I expected to happen in Weston.”
Another neighbor, Mariano Cascata, described the incident as unusual. “It’s weird to happen. It’s not normal, of course,” he said.
Earlier this month, Ormo released his third album, AGAPE, a six-track instrumental project featuring piano compositions. In an Instagram post shared just days before his death, he described the piano as “my voice.”
“It doesn’t matter the brand, the set, or the wood… Doesn’t matter if it’s a piano in a studio or an upright one in an empty room,” Ormo wrote. “Each instrument has its own resonance, but the conversation I have with it never changes: it is delivery, confession and truth. Because my piano is my voice.”
Representatives for the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Oxygen.