Carl Wilson
Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best known as their lead guitarist, as the youngest brother of band-mates Brian and Dennis Wilson, and as the group's leader in the early 1970s.
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| Birth name | Carl Dean Wilson |
| Born | December 21, 1946 Hawthorne, California, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 1998 (aged 51) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1961–1997 |
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| Website | carlwilsonfoundation |
He died, aged 51, of lung cancer in 1998.[1]
Carl Wilson Media
- The Beach Boys (1965) (Carl).png
Trade ad for The Beach Boys's single "California Girls" / "Let Him Run Wild".To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics editing program. The original can be viewed at the source below.
- Backstage Photo with Bruce Johnston & Carl Wilson with Roy Orbison 1979.jpg
Wilson (left) with Bruce Johnston and Roy Orbison in 1979
- Carl Wilson 1983.png
Carl Wilson at the Ronald Reagan Special Olympics Event in June 12, 1983.
- Carl Wilson headstone.jpg
Wilson's headstone over his grave
- 1967 Rickenbacker 360-12 12 string electric guitar owned and photographed by Greg Field.jpg
A Rickenbacker 360/12 identical to the 12-string guitar used by Carl in the early to mid-1960s
- Carl Wilson with wife Annie Hinsche.jpg
Wilson with first wife Annie Hinsche in 1966.
References
- ↑ Pareles, Jon (February 9, 1998). "Carl Wilson, A Beach Boys Founder, 51". The New York Times.
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