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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Beach Boys star Brian Wilson has dementia

Brian Wilson with his wife Melinda in 2015.
Brian Wilson with his wife Melinda in 2015. Photograph: snapshot-photography/K C Kompe/REX/Shutterstock

It has been announced that the Beach Boys co-founder and musical mastermind Brian Wilson has dementia, as his family move to appoint new conservators to help him following the death of his wife.

A statement on Wilson’s website reads: “Following the passing of Brian’s beloved wife Melinda, after careful consideration and consultation among Brian, his seven children, [housekeeper] Gloria Ramos and Brian’s doctors (and consistent with family processes put in place by Brian and Melinda), we are confirming that longtime Wilson family representatives LeeAnn Hard and Jean Sievers will serve as Brian’s co-conservators”.

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