Brian Wilson, leader, songwriter and producer of the Beach Boys, has passed away at age 82. He leaves behind a legacy of beautiful, joyous, bittersweet and enduring music, crafted over a career spanning six decades.

Brian Wilson, the pioneering Beach Boys co-founder and inspiration behind the 2014 'Love & Mercy' biopic, has died aged 82.

Wilson helped form the Beach Boys in 1961, and the band was originally known as the Pendletones. That name was admittedly a bit confusing, and the group's initial record company,