Paul McCartney paid tribute to the Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson on Instagram, who died on June 11 at 82 years old. "Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special,

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"I loved him, and was privileged to be around his bright shining light for a little while," McCartney wrote Thursday, a day after Wilson died at age 82.

"Sometimes you just wing it," Dave Matthews said after performing about one minute of the song. "Sad to see Brian go. … May he rest in peace."

When inducting Brian Wilson into the songwriters Hall of Fame, Paul McCartney recalled how Wilson's 'God Only Knows" brought him to tears. The passing of Wilson at 82, brought many to tears remembering how he had brought joy to them as the founder,

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