Beach Boys icon Brian Wilson dead at 82: Musician passes away after battle with dementia

By SAMEER SURI FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 17:59 BST, 11 June 2025 | Updated: 18:03 BST, 11 June 2025

Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson, one of the most acclaimed and influential songwriters of the 20th century, has died aged 82.

He shot to fame as the frontman of the Beach Boys, for which he served as the principal songwriter as well as the co-lead vocalist.

Last year, weeks after the death of his longtime wife Melinda, it emerged that the had a neurocognitive disorder similar to dementia.

Representatives of the family of Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson, 81, said in court filings that he is suffering from dementia, according to documents obtained by The Blast; seen in 2020 in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

 

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Beach Boys icon Brian Wilson dead at 82: Musician passes away after battle with dementia

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