Fans heartbroken: Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson dies at 82 — you won’t believe the legacy he leaves behind

The one who helped start the band Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, died at age 82. He was the lead singer of the band. His family said they are very sad and want privacy.

One of the biggest rock bands to come up in the USA, the Beach boys was started by three brothers, Brian, Carl and Dennis, cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine. They sold more than 100 million records around the world. This made them one of the most successful bands ever, as per the report by BBC.

Rolling Stone ranked Beach Boys the 12th best music artists of all time. However, by 1984, heavy drugs led to brain damage and paranoid schizophrenia in Brian, Forbes reported. In February 2024, people found out Brian had dementia.

Wilson’s life

Born on June 20, 1942 and brought up in the Hawthorne neighbourhood of California, a small town near LA airport, Brian was the oldest among his three siblings. His younger brothers were Dennis and Carl. Their father, Murry Wilson, wanted to be a songwriter but was very strict and harsh.

Brian said in his 1991 autobiography, Wouldn’t It Be Nice: My Own Story, “Although he saw himself as a loving father who guided his brood with a firm hand, he abused us psychologically and physically, creating wounds that never healed,” as mentioned in the report by the magazine Rolling Stone

FAQs

Q1. Who was Brian Wilson?
Brian Wilson was a main signer of the band named Beach Boys in the 1960s.

Q2. What health problems did Brian Wilson have?
He had schizophrenia and later he was found to have dementia.