# Cofounder of one of the biggest rock bands, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, has passed away at the age of 82. Early last year, it was revealed that he was suffering from dementia. From 1962 to 1966, the Beach Boys racked up ten top-ten hits and seven more top-40 chart entries for Capitol Records, most of them written or co-written and produced by Wilson. The two-time Grammy Award winner wrote timeless classics, including, In My Room, God Only Knows, California Girls, and Wouldn’t It Be Nice.
The Beach Boys co-founder, Brian Wilson, has died