Though Brian Wilson was one of pop’s most studied artists, he largely remained an enigma. The Beach Boys leader, whose death at 82 was announced June 11, made music for the masses with an artisan’s eye for detail. While his biography was well known ...

Beach Boys founding member Brian Wilson's cause of death at 82 has been released. The music icon, who helped define the Southern California surf-rock sound in the 1960s, died after experiencing several minutes of respiratory arrest on the morning of June ...

The Beach Boys founder had been placed under a conservatorship less than two years before his death Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared on Bustle, The US Sun ...

Brian Wilson Was Kept From Writing the Beach Boys' Final Hit, New Book Claims originally appeared on Parade. When the Beach Boys were offered the chance to write a song for a major Tom Cruise movie in 1988, Brian Wilson was reportedly thrilled. The ...

Obtained by TMZ, the certificate lists respiratory arrest as Brian Wilson’s primary cause of death. Sepsis and cystitis also contributed, according to the document. Advanced Cardiac Life Support training defines respiratory arrest as when a person ...

The former Beach Boys founder died in June at 82 Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Tibrina Hobson/Getty Mike Love became emotional during a tribute dedicated to the ...

Brian Wilson's cause of death has been revealed, two weeks after The Beach Boys co-founder died at the age of 82. The musician died from "respiratory arrest" with sepsis and cystitis included as contributing factors, as per his death certificate which as ...