Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys co-founder and one of pop music's greatest songwriters, has died at 82.

Brian Wilson, a founding member of the Beach Boys, has died at 82. The music icon helped define the 'California sound' with the American rock band he formed with his family members and a friend.

Brian Wilson, who co-founded the iconic California band The Beach Boys and turned teen pop into a poetic, modernist musical form, has died at age 82.