Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, 81, to be placed under a conservatorship after judge signs off on his family’s request due to ‘major neurocognitive disorder’
- Wilson’s conservatorship will care for his personal and medical needs
- An LA Supreme Court judge ruled that Wilson could no longer care for himself
- Wilson’s family requested the settlement after the death of his wife Melinda
Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson will be placed on a conservatorship to care for his personal and medical needs, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Thursday.
Judge Gus T. May ruled that the 81-year-old singer-songwriter needed a court conservatorship, citing what his doctors described as a “major neurocognitive disorder,” according to ABC news.
The ruling comes just under three months after Wilson’s family and caregivers requested the creation of a conservatorship to care for the rock ‘n’ roll icon.
They say he suffers from dementia, which worsened after the January death of his wife Melinda – who had tended to many of his needs – at the age of 77.
“I am led by clear and convincing evidence that guardianship of the person is necessary,” the judge said at the hearing.
Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson, 81, will be placed on a conservatorship to care for his personal and medical needs, an LA Supreme Court judge ruled Thursday, according to ABC News; seen with his late wife Melinda, who died in January 2013 at the age of 77
May determined that Wilson could no longer effectively make his own medical decisions, prompting the creation of the conservatorship.
However, unlike other infamous cases in which high-profile stars were placed under the care of a conservatorship, the Beach Boys’ leader agreed to the plan, the judge said.
May installed two of Wilson’s longtime employees, his manager LeeAnn Hard and his publicist Jean Sievers, because his curators had previously asked to share that role after his family.
Unlike other infamous high-profile conservatorship cases, Wilson reportedly agreed to the arrangement; Wilson (far left) pictured with Mike Love, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson and David Marks of The Beach Boys in 1962