Mike Love exclusively tells PEOPLE that he and late Beach Boys bandmate Brian Wilson are "inseparable" both in "life and afterlife" ahead of the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony on June 12.

Just days before his death, Brian Wilson was reminiscing about some of his favorite memories with his brothers. On Wednesday, June 11, the family of the iconic Beach Boys singer and co-founder announced his death in a somber statement posted on social media,

Brian Wilson famously churned out era-defining summertime hits, all while battling mental illness and personal demons.

Brian Wilson and his family were open about his health, from his needing a conservatorship for his dementia to his battle with substance use.

The actor spoke to PEOPLE at the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction, where he inducted Beach Boy Mike Love

Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within two days of each other. Each was 82.

Brian Wilson, cofounder of The Beach Boys and the creative force behind the group’s surf sound, orchestral arrangements and perfect harmonies, has died, his family announced on Wednesday.

I’ll never forget the first time Brian Wilson made me see God. It was 1973, and I was sitting in the mostly empty balcony of a second-run movie theater finally watching “American Graffiti,” the movie everyone in my high school was talking about.