Al Jardine says the death of Brian Wilson “was not expected” and that, when he last saw Wilson in May, he believed his fellow Beach Boy was recovering from some of the many health setbacks he’d suffered.

Brian Wilson, who died June 11 at 82, made music history as a Beach Boy. But the more than 30 years he spent as a solo artist — longer than his time with The Beach Boys — shouldn't be overlooked in ev...

Paul McCartney, a Wilson contemporary, noted that there was a chorus of tributes from other musicians, saying Wilson had a “mysterious sense of musical genius” that made his songs special.