RIP: The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82. “Wilson, the co-founder and primary songwriter of the Beach Boys, has died, his family announced. The beloved musical auteur, who helped pioneer the studio-as-instrument, influencing generations of musicians in pop and beyond, was revealed in early 2024 to be living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia.”

UPDATE: John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd take Brian Wilson Surfing in 1976: