Wesley Willis died on Thursday night, August 21, 2003. Today, four days later, the exact cause of his death is unknown, though his health had been steadily declining, following emergency surgery to suppress internal bleeding on Monday, June 2. Prior to the emergency, Wesley had been recovering in a Hospice, having been diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia in late 2002.

"The vultures ate my dead ass up", indeed... We never met, but I will miss you, Mr. Willis.