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Billionaire Matthew Mellon died a day before checking into rehab center

A Mexican rehab facility says billionaire cryptocurrency mogul Matthew Mellon died in a Cancun hotel room — a day before checking into the center.

“Matthew Mellon arrived in Cancun, Mexico, with his private entourage [on Sunday],” read a statement from Dr. Alberto Sola, medical director at Clear Sky Recovery, via a rep. “He arrived by private plane and checked into his hotel in Cancun . . . Mr. Mellon was scheduled to [attend] Clear Sky Recovery on [Monday]. We received word that he had died at his hotel on the morning of April 16, prior to his scheduled check-in.”

We exclusively reported Mellon died in Mexico, and that he was there for using addiction-therapy drug ibogaine, which is banned in the US.

His family told Page Six via a rep on Monday that Mellon died while “attending a drug-rehabilitation facility,” but changed the statement a day later to say “he was planning to check into” rehab.