The music world is still in mourning as the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, one of the greatest and most influential artists in the history of pop music, died on Wednesday at age 82.

Brian Wilson, the musical savant who scripted a defining Southern California soundtrack with a run of hit songs with the Beach Boys, has died.

Sly Stone, 82, whose startling originality combining elements of gospel, rock and soul enthralled audiences and fellow artists alike in the late ’60s and early ’70s recordings of Sly and the Family St...