The Beach Boys: Who Are Brian Wilson’s Children & What Happened to His Wife? By is a that follows the lives of the Wilson brothers—Carl, Dennis, and Brian—their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine, who formed the California-based rock band The Beach Boys. Brian Wilson, the co-founder of the boy band, is 81 years old and the father of seven children. He married Melinda Ledbetter, a former model, in 1995, and the couple remained married for 28 years until her death in January 2024.
Wilson reportedly met Ledbetter in 1986 when she was a car saleswoman. reported that Brian Wilson was first married to Marilyn Wilson. Marilyn and The Beach Boys singer share two daughters, Carnie and Wendy, who were born in 1968 and 1969, respectively.
The couple separated in 1979, around 16 years before he married Ledbetter. Wilson and Ledbetter were reportedly dating on and off for nine long years. The outlet stated that the five children the couple raised were all adopted.
The singer reportedly had a complicated relationship with his therapist, Eugene Landy, for some time, which caused his relationship with Ledbetter to be unstable. Another report by stated that Wilson was allegedly not allowed to contact close friends and family as he began exerting influence on him. In the early 1990s, a court order prevented Landy from staying in touch with Wilson after the singer’s mother and daughters sued her for having “undue influence” on him.
After the court order, Melinda Ledbetter and Br.
