"Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special," McCartney, 82, began.

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During his high school years, Wilson formed a group known as The Pendeltones, which would later become The Beach Boys, alongside his brothers, their cousin, Mike Love, and a classmate, Al Jardine.