Overview

• The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health made the certificate public on June 26, revealing his cause of death two weeks after his passing.
• The certificate cites sepsis and cystitis, infections that likely aggravated his respiratory collapse.
• The document also notes chronic respiratory failure, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic kidney disease and neurodegenerative disorder as contributing conditions.
• Wilson had been placed under a conservatorship in early 2024 following a dementia diagnosis and the death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson.
• He co-founded the Beach Boys in 1961, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and is survived by seven children, including Carnie and Wendy of Wilson Phillips.