Location[edit] Central City's location has been vaguely defined over the years, similar to DC's other fictional cities such as Gotham City and Metropolis. In the 1970s, Central City was stated as being located in Ohio, where the real-world city of Athens, Ohio, would be (as shown in Flash #228 in 1974).
Report Abuse. Carl Wilson died of Lung Cancer in Feb '98 and Dennis Wilson died of drowning in December '83 after diving into the water to get something he had dropped overboard from a boat. He had been drinking all day and he apparently was too drunk to swim.
Interestingly, it was Dennisâ spiritual retreat to India in 1968 with the Beatles, folk singer Donovan, and fellow Beach Boys members that sowed the seeds for this fateful encounter â or at least instilled the mindset that would see Wilson throw open his house to strangers.