Her husband revealed the news in a touching social media post.
My heart is broken, Wilson wrote.
Our five children and I are just in tears.
Brian and Melinda Wilson in 2007 and Melinda in 1995Getty Images; Everett Collection
Melinda was more than my wife.
She was my savior.
She gave me the emotional security I needed to have a career.
He added in a subsequent post: She was my anchor.
She was everything for us.
She was my anchor.
She was everything for us.
She reported Landy to California authorities for ethics violations, but the couple split after awhile.
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They reconnected after a chance meeting and would marry in February 1995.
Dano earned a Golden Globe nom for his performance.
After not releasing an album since 1988, Wilson made a dozen of them from 1995-2021.
1 hits I Get Around, Help Me, Rhonda and the seminal Good Vibrations.
He would reconnect with his surviving Beach Boys bandmates for an album and 50th anniversary tour.
The group also performed at and was honored by the Grammy Awards in 2012.
She also was a guest on TV shows includingThe View, Good Morning AmericaandEntertainment Tonight.
Along with Wilson, she is survived by their five adopted children.
