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 suffer...

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs helped define a revved-up era of American popular music, has died at age 82.

On a warm summer night at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles last month, Brian Wilson -- backed by a band that included fellow former Beach Boy Al Jardine -- was running through his repertoire of class...