Losing Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, 82

Remembering the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson

Drug abuse takes down another music genius

(CBS News) June 11, 2025: Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, born in Inglewood and raised in Hawthorne, both in Los Angeles, California, has died at 82. Rolling Stone contributor Joe Levy joined CBS News to discuss the artist. Surfing blond sex symbols from sunny Southern California or dysfunctional Christians on drugs trying to reach a sound never heard before, inspiring The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

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