section_path: Death, tributes, and posthumous releases
section_name: Death, tributes, and posthumous releases
paragraph_text: Death, tributes, and posthumous releases
  
  Wilson died in his sleep on June 11, 2025, in his Beverly Hills home, nine days before his 83rd birthday. Al Jardine later reported that Wilson had been struggling with long-term effects of COVID-19 since his last tour: "That was the end of it. He never came back after that."
  
  Family and associates, including Jardine and Mike Love, paid tribute to Wilson on social media, while media outlets published eulogies written by Van Dyke Parks, Darian Sahanaja, and biographer David Leaf. Many other musicians, artists, and celebrities offered public acknowledgements.
  
  At the time of his death, Wilson had left behind a substantial body of unreleased work, including the albums Adult/Child and Sweet Insanity, a large collection of 1980s demos, and recordings created with Dennis Wilson, Gary Usher, Andy Paley, and Joe Thomas. Cows in the Pasture, the unfinished album he had produced for Fred Vail in 1970, is to be released in 2025, accompanied by a docuseries about Vail and the album's making.
  
  Wilson died in his sleep on June 11, 2025, in his Beverly Hills home, nine days before his 83rd birthday. Al Jardine later reported that Wilson had been struggling with long-term effects of COVID-19 since his last tour: "That was the end of it. He never came back after that."
  
  Family and associates, including Jardine and Mike Love, paid tribute to Wilson on social media, while media outlets published eulogies written by Van Dyke Parks, Darian Sahanaja, and biographer David Leaf. Many other musicians, artists, and celebrities offered public acknowledgements.
  
  At the time of his death, Wilson had left behind a substantial body of unreleased work, including the albums Adult/Child and Sweet Insanity, a large collection of 1980s demos, and recordings created with Dennis Wilson, Gary Usher, Andy Paley, and Joe Thomas. Cows in the Pasture, the unfinished album he had produced for Fred Vail in 1970, is to be released in 2025, accompanied by a docuseries about Vail and the album's making.