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Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys on ABC's Good Morning America in New York's Central Park in June 2012.

Brian Wilson, music icon and creative force behind The Beach Boys, dead at 82

Christina Maxouris, CNN June 11, 2025

(CNN) — 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. He...

Megan Brown is a senior magazine journalism major and the opinion editor for The Kent Stater. Contact her at mbrow121@kent.edu.

Opinion: A temporary goodbye to The Vinyl Underground

Megan Brown September 24, 2014

One of the first places I explored the summer before freshman year at Kent was The Vinyl Underground on Water Street. The past Tuesday the store closed their doors until a new location is found. I traveled...

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