Barbara Corcoran, brother of "Shark Tank", found dead in a hotel room in the Dominican Republic

Jonathan Corcoran, a retired New Jersey business man and brother of Barbara Corcoran, judge of the ABC television channel "Shark Tank", was found dead in April in a hotel room of the Dominican Republic.

The news of her death, reported for the first time by TMZ and confirmed at Fox News by Barbara Corcoran's assistant Emily Burke, comes as the popular holiday resort in the Caribbean makes the headlines in the world press because of the many deaths of American tourists, many of whom have become suddenly and seriously ill in their hotels – what the parents of most of them describe as perplexed and suspicious.

"John Corcoran died in late April in the Dominican Republic of supposedly natural causes," Burke said in a statement released by Fox News. "He has loved and visited the Dominican Republic frequently." Barbara would like to respect the privacy of her children and disclose no other information at this time.

Corcoran said at the exit that his brother, who lived in New Jersey, where they had grown up, went to the Dominican Republic with a friend during his annual vacation, said TMZ. Corcoran said that the friend, who shared the rest with his brother, had found his body. TMZ said that no one knew exactly what had led to his death, although Corcoran said at the exit that he had been told that he had had a heart attack. She added that she was not aware of the autopsy.

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It was hard to know which hotel Corcoran was staying at.

The US State Department told Fox News: "We can confirm the death of a US citizen in the Dominican Republic in April 2019. We offer our most sincere condolences to the family for this loss. the family at this difficult time, we do not have any additional information to provide. "

Announcement of his death comes as teams of experts and inspectors from several international agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, perform tests on properties in Bahia Principe, where American tourists have died . It was not clear when they inspected other stations. The FBI confirmed Friday at Fox News that it was helping the Dominican authorities investigate the deaths. The FBI's tests and involvement were the first public indications that officials in the United States and the Dominican Republic would have considered the possibility of finding non-natural causes.

The dead were confused around the world, among other things because they involved tourists whose family and friends described them as relatively healthy and showed no signs of illness until they became ill. Dominican authorities have reported almost identical conditions, including pulmonary edema – where the lungs fill with fluid – for many of them. According to family members, some of the deceased who died of a heart attack had no symptoms or heart problems.

In addition, some tourists have consumed a drink from the minibar of the room before falling suddenly sick. A large number of people who have traveled to the Dominican Republic in recent years have contacted Fox News with reports that he became ill after drinking a drink from his room's minibar or buying another one at their resort. Others described having been seriously ill after feeling what appeared to be potent chemicals that they thought were insecticides or pesticides.

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One of the most disturbing cases remains the death of a couple of fiancés, Edward Holmes and Cynthia Day from Maryland, found dead in their room on May 30 by a resort employee. Before their deaths, they had posted photos on social media, claiming that they were enjoying their vacations. They were diagnosed, among other things, with pulmonary edema. Their bodies were repatriated to the United States this week. A lawyer representing them promised to perform an autopsy in the United States.

Five days before the death of Holmes and Day, a Pennsylvania psychotherapist, Miranda Schaup-Werner, died in an adjacent hotel belonging to the same five-star luxury group Bahia Principe. Her husband said that his wife, aged 41, had collapsed after drinking the glass from the minibar at Luxury Bahia Principe Bouganville. Dominican authorities said that she had died of a heart attack, but that her family had declared to be in good health.

On Sunday, Fox News learned that a Californian American, Robert Bell Wallace, had died in his room in April after being seriously ill at the Hard Rock Resort in Punta Cana.

Many US travelers have canceled, or attempted to cancel, reservations for holidays in the Dominican Republic. The Daily Mail said Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo had decided to "flee" Hard Rock, where he was living with his family, after learning of Wallace's death.

"He's just cautious," said an unidentified friend quoted by the press. "He does not want to take a chance."

In recent days, the family of a Pennsylvania woman vacationing in the Dominican Republic last year said she died in her room at Bahia Principe Resort in Punta Cana after having a drink at the minibar. The parents of Yvette Monique Sport, 51, told Fox 29 in Philadelphia that she was going to this popular tourist spot last June, had a drink, then went to bed and did not go to school. Is never awake. His death certificate indicated that his official cause was a heart attack.

Felecia Nieves, Sport's sister, said: "You can have so many people and they all have the same result. It's impossible. "

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Nieves said that she intended to contact other families and lobby for answers.