ALBAWABA - Beach Boys’ visionary Brian Wilson dies at 82, family confirms. The Beach Boys' co-founder and lead songwriter, Brian Wilson, passed away, according to his family. The adored musical auteur, who helped pioneer the studio-as-instrument and influenced generations of performers in pop and beyond, was found to be suffering from a neurocognitive illness similar to dementia in early 2024, though an official cause of death was not made public ...