AP PHOTOS: Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson's life in photos

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 anthems and made him one of the world's most influential recording artists, has died at 82.

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June 11, 2025 at 7:45PM

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 anthems and made him one of the world's most influential recording artists, has died at 82.

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