Mike Mora, a photographer, was the second husband of singer Kelis.
He completed Coral Gables High School and subsequently graduated from New York University.
Mike Mora and Kelis married in 2014 and were together until his death.
Mora died on March 14, 2022, at age 37 after battling stage 4 stomach cancer.
In September 2021, Mora revealed publicly that he was battling stage-4 stomach cancer. In an Instagram post, he stated he had been diagnosed with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma in September 2020 and given eighteen months to live.
“I thought the whole time that I just had an ulcer. With no idea what was about to come my way,”. “Here I was, in a hospital bed, during the middle of the pandemic. All alone”, he recounted.
After seeing three specialists and undergoing an endoscopic biopsy, Mora was diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma or stomach cancer stage 4. “I am posting this, after so much thought. not because I want people to feel bad or sorry for me and my family. I am posting this because life is full of the most unexpected situations,” he wrote. “I never thought this could happen to me. At just 36, with 3 kiddos, and a wife that loves me. I want to be able to help those that might experience something, maybe, hopefully. By showing that it’s possible to make it through”, Mora said.
Mora and Kelis had two children; Galilee Mora and Shepherd Mora. Kelis is also mom to son Knight Jones whom she shares with ex-husband Nas.