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Wilson’s death was announced by his family on June 11, with TMZ reporting that the musician’s immediate cause of death was respiratory arrest, with sepsis and cystitis listed as contributing causes.—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2025 Several hours of sepsis, which is a life-threatening bodily response to an infection, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and days of cystitis, or a bladder infection, were mentioned as contributing causes.—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 30 June 2025 Other causes of death listed on his death certificate include sepsis and cystitis.—Marina Watts, People.com, 26 June 2025 The death certificate shows Wilson also died of sepsis and cystitis (inflammation of the urinary bladder).—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for cystitis
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