Brian Wilson died today. He was 82 years old. I have been asked to write a column that sums up his impact on modern music. The problem is that this is impossible. It’s like trying to explain the ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The Beach Boys co-founder and legendary songwriter Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82. Wilson’s family announced his passing June 11 with a touching statement on ...

Fans of The Beach Boys are mourning the loss of Brian Wilson, whose family announced his death at the age of 82 on June 11. The musician was most known for co-founding The Beach Boys in 1961 with his ...

The Beach Boys loom so large in our shared cultural imagination that it’s surprising to remember that the group only appeared in a single feature motion picture. Yes, the “beach party” movies of the ...

11:04 a.m. June 13, 2025: An earlier version of this article referred to Eugene Landy as a psychiatrist. He was a psychologist. Brian Wilson, the musical savant who scripted a defining Southern ...

Brian Wilson, the main composer and vocal arranger for the Beach Boys, famously known as "America's Band," has died at age 82. Born in the suburbs of Hawthorne, California, Wilson was a very typical ...

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime ...

John Mason knew that Brian Wilson needed help – but it came at a high price. “Brian was in a weak mental state,” the entertainment lawyer, who once represented the fragile leader of the Beach Boys, ...

As the visionary heart and soul of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson created a mythic California soundtrack of sun-drenched, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brian Wilson - Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Brian Wilson, who as leader of the Beach Boys and a founder of ...

Brian Wilson walked into his manager’s Beverly Hills office looking fit enough to be hanging 10 on a surfboard, something he immortalized in the old Beach Boys songs. He was halfway through a yearlong ...