Judge places Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson in conservatorship

The music star's major neurocognitive disorder' given as reason by a Los Angeles judge for a two-person conservatorship

A judge found Thursday that Beach Boys founder and music luminary Brian Wilson should be in a court conservatorship to manage his personal and medical decisions because of what his doctor calls a major neurocognitive disorder".

At a hearing, Los Angeles superior court judge Gus T May approved the petition filed by the 81-year-old Wilson's family and inner circle after the death of his wife in January, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, who handled most of his tasks and affairs.