{"id":101317,"date":"2024-05-31T18:04:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/31\/brian-wilson-today-iconic-beach-boys-members-health-update\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:04:03","slug":"brian-wilson-today-iconic-beach-boys-members-health-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/31\/brian-wilson-today-iconic-beach-boys-members-health-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Wilson Today: Iconic Beach Boys Members&#8217; Health Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brian Wilson today is not the same man fans will see thriving in <em>The Beach Boys<\/em> documentary airing on Disney+.<\/p>\n<p>While the film shows the celebrated band in their early years through to superstardom, it also shows the original members as they are today.\u00a0 For Brian, that sadly means a father and loved one struggling with dementia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How is he doing now? Better than you\u2019d think, given the circumstances<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-143352071-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-501041 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-143352071-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-143352071-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-143352071-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-143352071-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-143352071-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-143352071.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-143352071.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brian Wilson (at the piano), along with Al Jardine, Mike Love, David Marks and Bruce Johnston. The group performed during the Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Concert Tour at the Anselmo Valencia Amphitheater on April 24, 2012 in Tucson, Arizona. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Mike Moore\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-brian-wilson-today-amp-his-health-battles\">Brian Wilson Today &amp; His Health Battles<\/h2>\n<p>Brian Wilson sadly suffers from a major neurocognitive disorder, and in early May 2024, was placed under a conservatorship<\/p>\n<p>A judge in Los Angeles ruled that his conservators would be two longtime associates: his manager, LeeAnn Hard, and his publicist, Jean Sievers.<\/p>\n<p>Given his condition, which has been likened to dementia, the judge also ruled that Brian\u2019s seven children will be consulted by the conservators regarding major health care decisions and kept informed on their father\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite the decline in his health, Brian was on hand to celebrate the release of <em>The Beach Boys<\/em>, a new Disney+ documentary chronicling the bands rise to superstardom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-501040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-501040 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2154074207.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L-R) Al Jardine, David Marks, Frank Marshall, Brian Wilson, Blondie Chaplin, Mike Love and Bruce Johnston attend the world premiere of Disney+ documentary \u201cThe Beach Boys\u201d at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California on May 21, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images for Disney)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-brian-wilson-s-rare-red-carpet-appearance\">Brian Wilson\u2019s Rare Red Carpet Appearance <\/h2>\n<p>At the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, original Beach Boys member Brian Wilson received a standing ovation on Tuesday May 21. He arrived in a wheelchair and was quickly reunited with the other members of the legendary band.<\/p>\n<p>Brian\u2019s daughters, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, attended the world premiere with their dad, and were open about his health and conservatorship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is doing great! He is doing great. Everyday he is in physical therapy. I\u2019m cooking for him, he\u2019s spending a lot of time with his children now, his family,\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/brian-wilsons-daughters-carnie-and-wendy-share-update-on-their-dad-amid-health-battle-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carnie told ET<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s doing really good under the circumstances that he\u2019s going through right now,\u201d agreed Wendy, unsurprised by his courage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, you know, he\u2019s a survivor. That\u2019s my dad. He\u2019s very tough, a very strong person,\u201d Wendy added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beach Boys | Official Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F_Rspu3Xoi4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-conservatorship\">The Conservatorship<\/h2>\n<p>In this case, there doesn\u2019t seem to be a need for a Free Britney level campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brian\u2019s late wife, Melinda Ledbetter, was the Beach Boys hitmaker\u2019s caretaker for many years. However, after her passing in January, the petition was filed to appoint Brian\u2019s business manager and publicist as co-conservators.<\/p>\n<p>According to the filing, obtained by <em>ET,<\/em> it is his psychiatrist\u2019s belief that Brian lacks the capacity to give informed consent to medical treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carnie and Wendy are Brian\u2019s two children from his first marriage to Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, which ended in 1981. Brian later wed Melinda Ledbetter in 1995 and they adopted Daria, Dakota, Delanie, Dash and Dylan. They were together nearly 30 years before her passing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urls.grow.me\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaG9sbHl3b29kZ29zc2lwLmNvbS8yMDI0LzA1L2JyaWFuLXdpbHNvbi10b2RheS8=\/e\/*%7CEMAIL%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Wilson today is not the same man fans will see thriving in The Beach Boys documentary airing on Disney+. While the film shows the celebrated band in their early years through to superstardom, it also shows the original members as they are today.\u00a0 For Brian, that sadly means a father and loved one struggling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}