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Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer's poet laureate, dies at 82
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Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer's poet laureate, dies at 82

  • By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has died at 82. One of the world's most beloved and influential musicians, his family posted news of his death to his website Wednesday. Further details weren't immediately available. The Beach Boys' many hits include "Good Vibrations," "California Girls" and "Surfin' USA." The eldest and last surviving of three musical brothers, he and his fellow Beach Boys rose from local California act to national hitmakers to international ambassadors of the American dream. Wilson himself was celebrated for his beautiful music and agonizing perfectionism and pitied for the demons that plagued him.

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