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Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to ‘Musical Genius’ Brian Wilson: ‘I Loved Him’

Paul McCartney has paid tribute to Brian Wilson following the death of the Beach Boys’ "musical genius."

“Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special,” McCartney wrote on social media Thursday, the morning after Wilson’s death was announced. Following news of Wilson’s death, his Beach Boys band mates and some of the countless artists he inspired have also paid tribute to the pop music architect and composer of teenage symphonies to God. Artists like Carole King, Graham Nash, Mick Fleetwood, Nancy Sinatra, and more have shared their own tributes to Wilson.

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