By Mary Milliken
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Beach Boys cofounder Brian Wilson, who created some of rock’s most enduring songs such as “Good Vibrations” and “God Only Knows” in a career that was marked by a decades-long battle between his musical genius, drug abuse and mental health issues, has died at the age of 82.
Wilson’s family announced his death in a statement on the singer’s website.
“We are at a loss for words right now,” the statement said. “We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world.”
The statement did not disclose a cause of death. Wilson had suffered from dementia and was unable to care for himself after his wife Melinda Wilson died in early 2024, prompting his family to put him under conservatorship.
(Reporting by Mary Milliken in Los Angeles;Additional reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones andBhargav Acharya;)
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