What is Carl Wilson?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Carl Wilson | image = Carl Wilson.jpg | caption = Wilson in 1969 | landscape = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Carl Dean Wilson | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1946|12|21}} | birth_place = [[Hawthorne, California]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1998|2|6|1946|12|21}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S. | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|keyboards|bass}} | genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[Pop music|pop]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|singer|songwriter|[[record producer]]}} | years_active = 1961–1997 | label = {{hlist|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]|[[Caribou Records|Caribou]]|Transparent Music}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|[[The Beach Boys]]|[[Gerry Beckley]]|[[Robert Lamm]]|Kenny & the Cadets}} | website = {{URL|carlwilsonfoundation.org}} }} '''Carl Dean Wilson''' (December 21, 1946&nbsp;– February 6, 1998) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He co-founded [[the Beach Boys]]. He is best known as their lead [[guitarist]], as the youngest brother of band-mates [[Brian Wilson|Brian]] and [[Dennis Wilson]], and as the group's leader in the early 1970s. He died, aged 51, of [[lung cancer]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Wilson, A Beach Boys Founder, 51 |last=Pareles|first=Jon|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/09/arts/carl-wilson-a-beach-boys-founder-51.html|work= [[The New York Times]] |date= February 9, 1998}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Carl}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:1998 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:American rock singers]] [[Category:American rock guitarists]] [[Category:American pop singers]] [[Category:American pop musicians]] [[Category:Musicians from California]] [[Category:Singer-songwriters from California]] {{US-bio-stub}}