Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson dead at 82

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Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson has died, his family announced Wednesday on social media. Wilson was 82.

The Beach Boys began as a local California band and rose to fame in the 1960s, according to the Associated Press.Ā 

They had such hits as ā€œGood Vibrationsā€ and ā€œCalifornia Girls.”Ā 

“Wilson himself was celebrated for his gifts and pitied for his demons,” the wire service writes in its obituary for him.

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