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Dennis Carl Wilson (December 4, 1944 – December 28, 1983) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best remembered as their drummer and as the middle brother of bandmates Brian and Carl Wilson. Dennis was the only true surfer in the Beach Boys, and his personal life exemplified the "California Myth" that the band's early songs often celebrated. He was also known for his association with Charles Manson, a cult leader and songwriter later convicted of several murders, and for co-starring in the 1971 film Two-Lane Blacktop. Wilson served mainly on drums and backing vocals for the Beach Boys. His playing can be heard on many of the group's hits, despite the popular misconception that he was always replaced on record by studio musicians. He originally had few lead vocals on the band's songs, but his prominence as a singer-songwriter increased following their 1968 album Friends. His music is characterized for reflecting his "edginess" and "little of his happy charm". His original songs for the group included "Little Bird" (1968), "Forever" (1970), and "Slip On Through" (1970). Friends and biographers also say that he was an uncredited writer on "You Are So Beautiful", a hit for Joe Cocker in 1974. During his final years, Wilson struggled with drug addiction which contributed to tensions with his bandmates. His solo album Pacific Ocean Blue (1977) was released to warm reviews and moderate sales. Sessions for a follow-up, Bambu, disintegrated before his death. In 1988, Wilson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Beach Boys. He drowned at age 39 in 1983.
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1944-12-04
Birth Place
Inglewood, California, U.S.
Place Of Death
Marina_del_Rey,_California
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Q&A with Texas House candidate Dennis Wilson: Longtime lawman leads Texas in mental-health solutions

Retired Limestone County Sheriff Dennis Wilson, 66, is one of two Republican candidates competing in the March 1 primary election to serve as state representative of newly drawn Texas House District 13. The Groesbeck native touts 46 years in law enforcement, including presidency of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas and his 2013 appointment by Gov. Rick Perry to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. More recently, Wilson has led the Texas Joint Committee on Access and Forensic Services, a group of advocates, law enforcement representatives and policy experts tasked with addressing colossal mental-health needs in Texas by pressing state leadership to provide more mental-health beds statewide rather than abandoning troubled individuals in need of treatment in county jail cells. He also serves on the Heart of Texas Region Mental Health Mental Retardation Center Board of Directors, helping steer development of an ambitious new mental-health crisis facility on a six-acre Southwest Waco site serving McLennan, Bosque, Falls, Freestone, Hill and Limestone counties.
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Dennis Wilson

Dennis Wilson, 75, of Red Cloud, Nebraska died Saturday, February 19, 2022 at his home in Red Cloud. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 25, at the Episcopal Church in Red Cloud with Fr. Charles Peek officiating. Interment with military honors will be at the Red Cloud Cemetery. Visitation...
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Dennis Wilson, AIA, NCARB

BRR Architecture announces that Dennis Wilson, AIA, NCARB has been promoted to Vice President. In his 21 years with BRR, he has worked on hundreds of remodel projects throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. He also leads BRR’s construction cost estimating services for remodel prototypes, and he provides a valuable resource for our clients to forecast program-wide construction costs and cost implications of proposed changes. Dennis is based in the firm's Bentonville, Ark. office.
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Dennis Wilson announces candidacy for District 13

Retired Limestone County Sheriff Dennis Wilson has announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for the newly redrawn Texas State House District 13. The new district now includes all of Bosque, Falls, Freestone, Hill, Leon and Limestone Counties, as well as a portion of McLennan County. With over 45 years of law enforcement experience under his belt, Wilson believes he is uniquely…
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Remembering The Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson

Saturday (December 4th) marks what would've been the 77th birthday of Beach Boys co-founder and drummer Dennis Wilson. For most of his life, Dennis was overshadowed by his older brother Brian, who wrote most of the group's hits, and by his younger brother Carl, who sang lead on songs such as “God Only Knows” and “Good Vibrations.” As a youngster, Dennis was considered the least musical of the Wilson brothers, but it was his idea for Brian and cousin Mike Love to first write about surfing which resulted in their 1961 debut single “Surfin'.” It was the Wilson's mother Audree who urged the group to include Dennis, who was then forced to play drums because, according to legend, he couldn't play anything else.
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Dennis Wilson

Dennis Wayne Wilson, age 64, of Lenoir, passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021 at Amorem Hospice of Lenoir. He was born February 11, 1957 in Portsmouth, VA to the late Rubert Wilson, Jr. and Julia Harrelson Wilson. Those left to cherish his memory include his loving wife, Margaret Lamberth Wilson...
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