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