Setelah menderita pendarahan otak pada Juli 2008, Finn dibawa ke rumah sakit pada 9 Agustus 2008 setelah tidak sadarkan diri dan jatuh koma.[3] Finn meninggal pada 21 Agustus 2008.[4] Pada saat dia mengalami pendarahan, dia baru saja menyelesaikan produksi album baru Morrissey, Years of Refusal.[5]
I’m sitting here now and I don’t even know what to type. I’m at a loss for words. Nothing I can say will come close to describing what an amazing human being Jerry was. His talent, his laughter, his love of life. Every day I spent with Jerry over the past ten years I feel like he taught me something new about music, or recording, or life. I think everyone who knew Jerry would say the same thing. I feel blessed to have worked with and learned so much from him, but most of all I am honored to call him my dear friend. Jerry, I miss you already.
Dan dalam wawancara dengan Xfm pada 13 Februari 2009, Morrissey mengatakan:
His death was astonishing because it was very quick. He had a massive brain hemorrhage followed by a massive heart attack, and he was 39 years old. It was very sad because a few weeks earlier to this we were at his house, listening to the playback [of Years of Refusal] and everyone was very happy. And suddenly he had the brain hemorrhage. I was with him for the last few weeks of his life and it was terribly sad. But the lesson for all of us is that this doesn't last forever.
^"Sad News" (dalam bahasa Inggris). theresnosolution.com. 24 Juli 2008. Diakses tanggal 2011-10-30.Hapus pranala luar di parameter |publisher= (bantuan)
^"Support" (dalam bahasa Inggris). Billboard. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2008-09-07. Diakses tanggal 2011-10-30.