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2024-02-01 08:41:07 UTC
The Olde Geezer will be in seclusion..(wait, he already is!):
Come back Geez, all is forgiven!
https://ew.com/beach-boys-brian-wilson-mourns-death-wife-melinda-ledbetter-8553478
MUSIC
Beach Boys' Brian Wilson mourns death of wife Melinda Ledbetter: 'She was
my savior'
"She gave me the emotional security I needed to have a career," the
musician wrote on social media.
By Wesley Stenzel Published on January 30, 2024
Brian Wilson is mourning the death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter.
The Beach Boys songwriter and bassist announced Ledbetter's death at 77 in
a heartfelt social media post Tuesday. "My heart is broken," he wrote.
"Melinda, my beloved wife of 28 years, passed away this morning. Our five
children and I are just in tears. We are lost."
Born in Pueblo, Colo. and raised in Whittier, Calif., Ledbetter worked as a
model and a car salesperson before meeting Wilson in 1986. Wilson, who has
been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and mild bipolar disorder, was
under the strict supervision of psychologist Eugene Landy at the time.
Ledbetter reported Landy to the attorney general in 1989; the case was
dismissed and the couple went their separate ways at Landy's behest.
Brian Wilson and Melinda Ledbetter. TYLER BOYE/WWD/PENSKE MEDIA VIA GETTY
Two years later, Wilson's family filed a conservatorship lawsuit and
removed him from the psychologist's care. Ledbetter and Wilson then
rekindled their relationship, and they married in 1995. The couple went on
to adopt five children together, and Ledbetter served as Wilson's manager
from 1999 onward.
In his social media post, Wilson praised his late wife for her care and
support. "Melinda was more than my wife. She was my savior," he wrote. "She
gave me the emotional security I needed to have a career. She encouraged me
to make the music that was closest to my heart. She was my anchor. She was
everything for us. Please say a prayer for her."
Wilson's post also contained a message from his children. "It is with a
heavy heart that we let everyone know that our mom, Melinda Kay Ledbetter
Wilson passed away peacefully this morning at home," they said. "She was a
force of nature and one of the strongest women you could come by. She was
not only a model, [but also] our [father's] savior, and a mother, she was a
woman empowered by her spirit with a mission to better everyone she
touched."
They continued, "We will miss her but cherish everything she has taught us.
How to take care of the person next to you with out expecting anything in
return, how to find beauty in the darkest of places, and how to live life
as your truest self with honesty and pride."
Ledbetter was portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in the 2014 biopic Love & Mercy,
which saw Paul Dano and John Cusack play Wilson at two distinct points in
his life. Screenwriter Oren Moverman told Collider that he primarily based
the Cusack and Banks section of the movie on Ledbetter's firsthand accounts
of her courtship with Wilson.
Come back Geez, all is forgiven!
https://ew.com/beach-boys-brian-wilson-mourns-death-wife-melinda-ledbetter-8553478
MUSIC
Beach Boys' Brian Wilson mourns death of wife Melinda Ledbetter: 'She was
my savior'
"She gave me the emotional security I needed to have a career," the
musician wrote on social media.
By Wesley Stenzel Published on January 30, 2024
Brian Wilson is mourning the death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter.
The Beach Boys songwriter and bassist announced Ledbetter's death at 77 in
a heartfelt social media post Tuesday. "My heart is broken," he wrote.
"Melinda, my beloved wife of 28 years, passed away this morning. Our five
children and I are just in tears. We are lost."
Born in Pueblo, Colo. and raised in Whittier, Calif., Ledbetter worked as a
model and a car salesperson before meeting Wilson in 1986. Wilson, who has
been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and mild bipolar disorder, was
under the strict supervision of psychologist Eugene Landy at the time.
Ledbetter reported Landy to the attorney general in 1989; the case was
dismissed and the couple went their separate ways at Landy's behest.
Brian Wilson and Melinda Ledbetter. TYLER BOYE/WWD/PENSKE MEDIA VIA GETTY
Two years later, Wilson's family filed a conservatorship lawsuit and
removed him from the psychologist's care. Ledbetter and Wilson then
rekindled their relationship, and they married in 1995. The couple went on
to adopt five children together, and Ledbetter served as Wilson's manager
from 1999 onward.
In his social media post, Wilson praised his late wife for her care and
support. "Melinda was more than my wife. She was my savior," he wrote. "She
gave me the emotional security I needed to have a career. She encouraged me
to make the music that was closest to my heart. She was my anchor. She was
everything for us. Please say a prayer for her."
Wilson's post also contained a message from his children. "It is with a
heavy heart that we let everyone know that our mom, Melinda Kay Ledbetter
Wilson passed away peacefully this morning at home," they said. "She was a
force of nature and one of the strongest women you could come by. She was
not only a model, [but also] our [father's] savior, and a mother, she was a
woman empowered by her spirit with a mission to better everyone she
touched."
They continued, "We will miss her but cherish everything she has taught us.
How to take care of the person next to you with out expecting anything in
return, how to find beauty in the darkest of places, and how to live life
as your truest self with honesty and pride."
Ledbetter was portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in the 2014 biopic Love & Mercy,
which saw Paul Dano and John Cusack play Wilson at two distinct points in
his life. Screenwriter Oren Moverman told Collider that he primarily based
the Cusack and Banks section of the movie on Ledbetter's firsthand accounts
of her courtship with Wilson.