Overview

• The death certificate identifies respiratory arrest as the immediate cause of Brian Wilson’s death on June 11, 2025.
• Sepsis and cystitis are listed as direct contributors to his breathing failure.
• Additional factors include neurodegenerative disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic respiratory failure and chronic kidney disease.
• His health decline followed a dementia diagnosis and the 2024 death of his wife Melinda, leading his family to secure a conservatorship.
• Wilson, a founding member of the Beach Boys and 1988 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, died at 82 and is remembered for hits such as “Good Vibrations.”