Overview
- Kidney failure is listed on the death certificate as a contributing factor to the 86-year-old singer-songwriter’s death.
- He died on Feb. 27 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to the official record.
- The certificate notes he was embalmed at Hollywood Funeral Home and buried at Beth Olam Cemetery on March 3.
- Authorities and media reports say paramedics transported him to a hospital the morning he felt unwell.
- Family confirmed his sudden passing at the time, as tributes highlighted his five Grammy nominations and Songwriters Hall of Fame induction.