Overview
- Friends and public figures including Senator Manuel Velasco and actor Roberto Palazuelos posted on social media on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, confirming Kahwagi's death.
- Several entertainment reporters and Palazuelos have said the cause was a cerebral hemorrhage, but no family statement or official medical report has been released to confirm that account.
- Kahwagi built a public profile as an entrepreneur, federal deputy for the PVEM and later Nueva Alianza, professional boxer and reality TV participant, roles that kept him in headlines for two decades.
- His recent absence from public life followed a serious 2019 hospitalization for a perforated gastric ulcer and infection and the March 23, 2026, death of his father, Jorge Kahwagi Gastine.
- Coverage of his death has already revived scrutiny of past controversies in his career, including questions about the legitimacy of some boxing matches and his business ties to Grupo Crónica and related companies.