Team of Beach Boys' Brian Wilson files to put him in conservatorship
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Wilson is taking medication for dementia and needs assistance with his daily life after his wife's recent death, his management team says.
The management team of Brian Wilson has petitioned to place him in a conservatorship because of his mental decline and the recent death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, who managed his daily life.
The 81-year-old Beach Boys co-founder and mastermind has a "major neurocognitive disorder" and is taking medication for dementia, according to a doctor's declaration filed with the petition Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The petition asks a judge to appoint two longtime Wilson representatives — publicist Jean Sievers and manager LeeAnn Hard — to be conservators overseeing his personal and medical decisions because "Mr. Wilson is unable to properly provide for his own personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter."
The two women "have had a close relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson for many years, and Mr. Wilson trusts them," according to the filing.
Ledbetter — whose husband credited her with stabilizing his famously troubled life — had managed his daily needs before her death on Jan. 30, the petition says.
