Julian Ortega who appeared in Netflix's hit series Elite tragically passed away on Sunday August 25th at the age of 41 Ortega is survived by his mother actress Gloria moose and father TV writer Joe Antonio Ortega there were varying reports about how the Spanish actor died as it was initially reported Ortega drowned however on Wednesday August 28th the media Outlet ol of press an English speaking paper for expats in Spain clarified that Cardiac Arrest was the actual cause of Ortega's death according to emergency and lifeguard Services the tragedy occurred on zahora beach in barbet Spain in front of shock spectators at the laal beach bar paramedics acted swiftly with the defibrillator and reportedly tried to revive Ortega for a half hour till he was eventually pronounced dead at the scene per Olive press Ortega played the character in car go in six episodes in season 1 ofite which premiered in 2018 Elite is a teen drama that takes place at the fictional Private School Los enenas in Madrid Spain it follows three students from working class backgrounds who are forced to attend Los ANZ after their school is destroyed Ortega's character in cargado was the manager of lacabana a restaurant where some of the main characters worked originally from Madrid the Madrid's Royal School of dramatic arts LM starred in other Spanish shows like the countryside elel peblo a comedy series and caronti a drama streaming on Amazon Prime please like comment and subscribe