Wilson’s death was announced yesterday (June 11) via his family – he was 82. In the hours since the announcement, fans of The Beatles and The Beach Boys have been reliving pleasantries shared between Macca and Wilson on social media.
Despite being engaged in a light-hearted feud shaped around sportsmanship and admiration throughout their careers The Beatles and The Beach Boys never fostered any bad blood between them. Rather, they were fans of each other and were thrilled at the idea of friendly competition.
Paul McCartney has very publicly voiced his admiration for Wilson in the past, and Wilson returned the favour multiple times over, even performing The Beach Boys’ ‘God Only Knows’ together at a benefit show in 2002.
