Tragic Details Found In Dennis Wilson's Autopsy Report
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- A Beach Boy who never surfaced from the water. Belongings left on the bottom of the ocean floor. What was Dennis Wilson trying to retrieve? And, why were there injuries on his face? The autopsy of the infamous Beach Boy's drummer, Dennis Wilson revealed a lot we didn't originally know about the tragic death of the founding drummer. He was prepared to swim, so why didn't he come back up? While his connection with Charles Manson may seem worth paying attention to, his struggles with substance abuse and his estranged wife may have something more to do with his untimely death than once thought. Stay tuned to find out the tragic details found in Dennis Wilson's autopsy report.
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Rest In Peace Dennis Wilson.
Seriously -- who the H wants to “rest in peace” ? Everybody says it after somebody dies but it just struck me funny. I’m not meaning any disrespect to you because like I said - everybody says it. I doubt seriously if Dennis Wilson, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jerry Lewis, etc etc etc want to “rest in peace” for eternity. I sure as H don’t want to. How about “Party your brains out” or “have a blast” with no consequences.? 😂 🥂
@@lilybond6485 it's looks like new document documentary about biography book and videos that are going on beach boys years before New 1983 in movie summer dream's movie made in USA today TV series finale season start hollywood Ture life story ture life movie made in Spanish language arts center spot on his him being
I met him once backstage at a concert in Phoenix. It wasn’t a big venue and it was easy to get backstage. Before too long, this gorgeous guy in jean cut offs and barefoot walked up to my girlfriend and me. He seriously offered a bite of the hamburger he was eating. So sweet of a gesture. I’ll always remember it. Rest in heavenly peace Dennis.
what year was this?
Sounds so '70's.@@christopherrankin4769
That wasn’t him, it was me
This offering doesn’t surprise me. Dennis surfed on Manhattan Beach when I was a child. If he asked a local kid to fetch him a burger from The Buccaneer (as I did, more than once), he’d insist on treating his courier to one, too.
Prove it!
I knew Dennis,he and my Dad were best friends. I am. writing this because I had a dream about Dennis last night. Dennis was a great person and I miss him big time, I called him big Brother because he protected me from harm! Dennis loved animals and had dogs and horses and the most cute Otters you would ever see. Yes, he knew Charles Manson, and Manson pulled a gun at Dennis and said he could kill Dennis and Dennis laughed at Manson, and just walked away! Dennis said if he showed Manson any fear he’d be dead. Dennis told my Dad and Mom and me that story. I love Denny and miss him every day. ❤
User-bu7ig1dr9e,was your dad carl Wilson's father in law,as dennis said they were very good friends,talk about anything,died in dennis arms?
Awesome, thank you for sharing.
@@judis6224honey Carl’s father in law at the time of Denny’s death was Dean Martin.
@racheltidmore8012 No that was Carl Wilson’s father in law, as he was married to Deana Martin when he died
It probably was Dennis. Visiting you to let you know he's OK on the Other Side.
I saw them in concert in July of 1983. I was stage right, probably 10 feet from Dennis.
He fell off his kit, and taken from stage. He kept nodding off, falling and taken off stage again and again, replaced several times. He was notoriously known for his partying, so it wasn't a big surprise. Accepted and it was cool . The band played on, and it was a great concert. Probably one of Dennis's last. I was so blessed to have seen them. rest in peace Dennis.
I was at the Atlantic City concert in July. They nailed it.
@@petestaint8312 such a great time! And they were right on, we were all like Dennis anyway
16 oz ice cold beer, and you could hardly see them for the smoke. If I wasn't up by the stage, they were so good I wouldn't have seen Dennis. Except for the smoke LOL LOL
I saw them in Dec 83 in Vancouver. They were great. I met Denny after the show. He was fun!
@@elizabethmcleod246 I bet he was,, such a cool dude, blessed to see them, cool ya got a meet n greet!
He was so talented. So sad he passed away so young. Love the Beach Boys.
You are missed and will never be forgotten. Rest in Peace Denny.
Interesting.
My first concert.
1963 Beachboys.
Thank you.
Peace 💕🇺🇲
It's unfortunate that Dennis Wilson was only 39 years of age when he met his demise; not to mention having many personal demons. I think he would of had a lot more to offer if not for his health problems, and drug addictions. Well, we can only remember what he did offer for "The Beach Boys" when he was still alive. Rest in peace Dennis, and I hope to meet you in the afterlife.
All of that talent and he had the looks to go along with the whole surfer craze in the early to mid 60s. I remember listening to the Beach Boys in 1963 when Surfer Girl came out and then the next year, The Warmth of The Sun...those songs made me dream of the ocean and beaches and I never got tired of hearing the music. As a teenager in the early 70s, I remember it was the same Beach Boys music playing on the radio when I first experienced going to the beach and those memories washed over me and still do today.
He did a beautiful solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue, and ultimately was claimed by the Pacific Ocean blue.
I always thought it was wife Karen Lamm that tossed his stuff off the Harmony... 🤷♀️
That’s correct.
It was Karen Lamm, yes, not Shawn Love as they said. I believe he threw them off as well during their fiery argument.
Ltfaceman,your right,it was.
Was IN Marina del Rey . Our boat was tied to the next dock and sadly watched Dennis removed from the water by the LAFD… RIP
They were my favorite band in my teenage years.....RIP.....
I remember that day. Was devastated. Huge influence on my musical tastes.
he was a real buddy to all that knew him
Criticize Dennis Wilson as much as you like for being a grifter riding the coattails of Brian's genius, but without Dennis The Beach Boys wouldn't have sold anywhere near the records they did without his stud face on the record covers. So, in a way he EARNED the luxury life he lived. Every band should be so financially blessed to have a Dennis Wilson as a member spurring record sales.
You are forever loved and missed, Dennis. It always breaks my heart that you left us so soon. You did the best you could with what you had and you cared more for others than you did for yourself. Continue to rest easy, Dennis...maybe you're out there, forever sailing the Harmony or riding a sweet wave.
It is very sad what happened to Dennis Wilson, dying so early. I really hope and pray that he is in heaven, and the truth is that he is only there if he repented and accepted Jesus Christ the Son of God as his Lord and Savior. Jesus loves you, and He is the only way to heaven. Turn from your sin and to Him, and He will forgive you!
God bless you Dennis. Gone too early. You were a beautiful soul😢😢❤❤
Saw him walking around the Kings Road, Chelsea, London UK, a few years before he died.
I was very young but I knew who he was. He asked me if I knew where Paul McCartney lived; with his tongue in his cheek......which I found amusing at the time; and even funnier now.
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God Only Knows is a top 10 classic, rest easy Dennis. ❤️
True, a classic that Dennis wilson had nothing to do with.
@@diggr13 Sure we are aware of the credits in the Beach Boys but I don't think we have any need to be disparaging about it here, it's a fact that he was a key member of the band I hope you will agree.. 🙄
@@DaveSCameron It's just that it was Carl's signature song.
@@videocat1366 I'm partial to it a little myself tbh.. 😂😉
@@videocat1366 Dennis Wilson wrote, 'You are so Beautiful to me'.
Dennis is my Favorite Beach Boy.. God Bless his soul 🙏❤️
Love The Beach Boys! I was in 7th grade when this happened(obviously on Christmas break from school) and remember hearing about it.
He died way too early. He was actually very talented and a good drummer. RIP
Spoken like a true enabler.
did he just pass away yesterday?? 🤷... or when?
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@@gato0082 December 1983
@@chrisbacos 🙃🤣🙏❣️🫣😯😯😯😬🙏
Not such a good drummer.
Not very accurate - he was diving to get possessions from his marriage to Karen Lamm, not Shawn Wilson.
Yep .. a 'few years' before his death, Shawn would have been in, like, middle school .... lol
A tragic story...Pacific Ocean Blue is an amazing album. I could see a graphically de-aged Jeff Bridges playing him in a movie. He can look like him and sound like his singing voice. Dennis is the original "Dude".
Dennis Wilson and Jeff Bridges share a birthday - he be great playing Dennis in a movie as would John Corbet.
@@PhenomenalCat yet another reason for someone to make this movie happen!
He was a really good looking guy and By the end of his life he will the drunken shell of himself. Such a sad end to a life
Stupid choices have consequences.
With booze, you lose.
I agree
I 2nd that emotion
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I remember watching the news when he died. I freaked out and cried. I was only 10 at the time, but I’d had such a crush on him my whole life. And I was afraid The Beach Boys would never be the same again. They never were…
Thank you for information I was unaware of. I think (and hope) Dennis, who I met in Bournemouth in December 1970, he was kind and generous with his time, chose his own death just as much as he chose his own life. I hope he has met up with Carl.
58-degree water F is NOT "somewhat cold"! Swimming in water that cold is very likely to result in hypothermia.
Hypothermia occurs according to an exact formula. If the air temperature and the water temperature equal less than 80, hypothermia is a threat. Otherwise, you can always warm up after you get out of the water. But if he was drunk, maybe that throws off the whole equation. And as long as you can keep moving in the water, I would think you would be alive; if you got to tired to keep swimming, you could still get out of the water and warm up. I think the chemicals in his system did affect the outcome of his decision that day . . .
@quickchris10 Your comments suggest that you never have swam in cold water.
If you had, you would know that 70 degree F water is very cold. 58 degree F water is dangerously frigid!
I have swam in that temp many thousand times, lived by a spring-fed river and done polar-bear plunges.@@22Too
Hypothermia is not going to occur if you just warm up when you reach the shivering stage. Yes, jumping into freezing water is a shock; have done it thousands of times, including polar-bear plunges. A medicated person already has body numbness so shivering stage would be bypassed.@@22Too
Dennis Wilson dated and was even engaged to Christine McVie From Fleetwood Mac in the late 70s and early 80s. Most of Christine’s songs on the Fleetwood Mac albums Tusk and Mirage were about Dennis Wilson.
That's in his wikipedia
Not sure the origins of “SongBird”, but that is one of my favorite songs 🖤
Wish they'd have duet. Christine could really sing! Imagine the power of those 2 voices together crushing the planet!
@@Laurel-ng4cy if I remember correctly, they did record some music together.
@@AshT71494 Thanks so much, will take a look.
What a sad story. Dennis had a real troubled life. Many and big problems with drugs and alcool.
It wasn't Shawn Love's belongings that he threw off the boat. It was one of his other former wives, Karen Lamm, during one of their many fiery arguments.
A sexy, handsome guy and a very talented musician and songwriter. RIP Dennis. Gone too soon x
It's still sad.
It was not his current wife Shawn who threw those items overboard. It was his previous wife Karen Lamm. It is unfortunate that Dennis got with his own 2nd cousin, daughter of band mate and first cousin Mike Love. I’m sure Dennis was very much in the middle of his addiction and also it was some kind of “f you” to his cousin. In any case he is sorely missed and he was a very talented but troubled man.
I've never heard someone describe a body as 72" in length... maybe a ship but not a human being. Surely 6' tall!
The best drummer sorry for the loss RIP
He was an awesome drummer!. 😎
Inaccuracy #1 - Wife Shawn Love didn't throw anything overboard "years earlier". She was never on that boat. She never even saw that boat. It was repossessed in 1980, at least a year before he ever met her.
Thank you for the upload
Another mistake ( in addition to getting wrong wife) ....You mean Dennis's HOUSE ( right off of Will Roger's park)....He didn't have a "Sunset Strip"
apartment! Yeah,guy you make too many obvious mistakes.....
Julia Tutor......
Thank You for the update...♡
Water temp 58 degrees?
It’s the tail end of December…
Most likely it was 48 degrees.
The Pacific near LA is generally around 60 in December. People even surf in the SF area at places like Mavericks in Dec in wetsuits.
I saw the Beach Boys August 19, 1982 perform at the Ohio State Fair outdoors at the old horse track grandstand. As a guest of the son of the Ohio State Fair musical director, had a very good view. We saw the second of two shows. Somewhat disappointed, as Dennis Wilson did not play the second show. What I do remember is Carl Wilson, onstage reaching down to shake the State Fair dust off his black trousers, and Brian Wilson wandering on and off stage to his piano while they performed. (maybe with a cigarette) Great show , and I proudly wore that bright yellow 1982 Beach Boys tour shirt I bought till it wore out!
Saw The Beach Boys in concert in the 70’s
Sad. I could have sworn that previous reports said he was cliff diving. I guess I got it confused. This is a much sadder story.
He was after possessions Karen Lamm threw over. He didn’t have the Harmony when he got with Shawn Love.
RIP
The TV series Autopsy did it first and more accurately - going by Grunge's article claiming they found cocaine etc while linking straight to the autopsy report that says they found no drugs in his system. /fail
Poor Denny. He could have gone on to make more great records . He really took everyone by surprise with Pacific Ocean Blue ,a fantastic record.
RIP Dennis
Wow 0.08 BAC is quite high USA. We have 0.05
I often wonder where are their 'real friends' when I hear of tragedies like this. What fickle people hang around pretending to be friends.😢
MAY GOD BLESS HIS SOUL AND MAY HE R.I.P. IN JESUS MIGHTY POWERFUL NAME AMEN ✝️🙏
RIP, Denny.
Once again you've gotten something wrong!!
So sad
I didn't know much about the Beach Boys. I do remember hearing their music play on the radio back in the mid 60's when I was in grammar school. Their songs were great. I lost track of them after my family split up in 1971. Then other groups come along. AfterwI heard of their drummer Dennis dying I thought they had made it big in the music business. They practically had the world by their fingertips. But u have to be careful. Cause when u feel like your floating on a cloud it can be a hard deadly fall. It's too bad Dennis had to meet up with that Manson fella. I think that was what messed the guy up to eventually dying so young. I guarantee you. Manson didn't give a shit. Anymore than he cared of what his followers killing Sharon Tate.
"[...] the DESCENDANT'S death????"
brian had the talent but denny was the image. i mentioned to dean torrence (jan and dean) one time that i bet the beach boys would not have sold half the records if not for dennis, due to the image and idea to write surf songs. dean agreed.
Plus only Dennis could surf non of the others could
Pretty f*cked his “buddies” didn’t go in after him 😢
Beaulyons1977,they watched it happen,one said he watched dennis hit his head on the boat,another saying a diver dragged him down,they were all drinking though.
@@judis6224 ugh 🥺😢
I think it would be fair to say that Dennis also purposefully hyperventilated before diving, which was not uncommon at the time. Now we know this is a bad idea, but back then....
So often demons and brilliance go hand in hand.
Sad....but the irony of a Beach Boy drowning
The only surfer, at that.
Someone is saying they were at the marina,they saw dennis jump in the water and a diver pulled him under,thinking dennis had money,which he didnt.
rip dennis.jpj
Drugs destroyed Dennis Wilson's musical talents which may have started from their abusive father Murray. Everything he's tried to do (i.e. relationships with women, a solo musical career,) was derailed with drugs and eventually led to his death. Brian, on the other hand, was also abused by his father and used drugs from the demons he's gone through. But thanks to in part of Dr. Eugene Levy and his unorthodox approach to help him, he's still alive and the only Wilson member around even at the age of 80. He, too, wished that Dennis had seen Dr. Eugene Levy like he did.
@@joytimmons what do you mean by that?
Drigs didn't destroy his musical talents. He had an outlet for his emotional issues and demons and that was to drink and create music, but when the Beach Boys sold theor studio, he no longer had that other oueat to create music. I think that's when he really went downhill
Meyerj75, good thing dennis didn't go with the late Landry,would of freedom his brain like Brian's,Landry being stripped of his licence.
It was the drink destroying his vocal cords,he couldn't even talk near the end.
@@judis6224 On one of his final appearances on stage, Dennis was so wasted that he walked from his drum set on stage with his "croaked" voice speaking how much the fans meant to the Beach Boys and did his a capella version of Joe Cocker's (or Billy Preston, but most likely the former) "You Are So Beautiful" before signing off with, "God Bless You All! The Beach Bouys!" His bloated appearance even shocked his two sons from one of his marriages as they wanted to know what had been going on with him and why his voice is so hoarse. Dennis would be banned from Beach Boys concerts shortly after despite continuing to show up in the audience drunk and bloated. Not the Dennis Wilson I knew from the Beach Boys Christmas album cover.
I don't understand at first they say died on July 28th 1983 then they say he died in December,So which one was it.
@@ashleys.1720 True.
The bullet on the pillow from Charlie is the thing that got me.
He wasn’t much of a drummer, but he could sing well, was the only good looking guy in the band, and he seemed like a nice, fun, dude.
lol of course you know better
A handsome dude. He has found peace now
He certainly was a great singer, and I really hope that he is at peace. But I must state the truth: that is only the case if he repented and accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Jesus is the only way to heaven, and peace comes only through Him!
How sad ..... What a great band ....... From experience I'd bet to say with all that in his system and his mind on his stuff he just held his breath too long ...... / he just forgot to surface .......
the actual autopsy report says he only had (a lot of) alcohol in his system. The tv show Autopsy (on Reelz) speculated he died from either hypothermia or shallow water blackout - they eventually decided Shallow water blackout was most likely cause but hypothermia would make a lot of sense of various descriptions of his last acts and how he was found.
His blood alcohol level at the time of his death was .26.
@@DSherry68 It's still tragic and it was a great band ........ 😥
Dennis struggled with substance abuse for years.
Wasted talent. A real shame.
HOW HE GOT INVOLVED W MANSON STILL A MYSTERY 🤔
GOD ONLY KNOWS !
Imagine9265,Manson found out where dennis lived and moved in,it was a surprise for dennis,having picked up two of mansions girls.
I’m not blaming hm, but he’d make good choices.
DIDN’T make good choices.
@@kathleenhartnellharper7234 lol I was gonna say ... yeah, at the time of his death, he was married to an 18 year old girl, whom he had knocked up while she was still 17 .... he had no choice, but to marry her or face statutory rape charges. Their marriage was a nightmare, and they separated about 5 months after their shotgun wedding. What a mess he was.
Gregory Zahn....
Thank You so much
for your information....
Groofoot how do you know all this?
If I could look pick a different body it would be with this guy .
He wasn't 72 inches , more like 69.
Your right (close), Dennis was 67 inches tall. I met and hung out with him several times.
@@dalehuber9150 that's awesome. I knew a dude named craig that knew him in his last years, him & roach.
He sucked as a drummer in the early years but he did indeed improve! I still think musically, Carl was the most talented but not by too much. All three brothers were gifted.
His drumming was limited in the early years but he’s by far the second best songwriter to Brian. Little Bird, Be With Me, Steamboat, River Song, You and I, Make It Good, so on and so forth.
I think he actually had some better chops in the early years as he played on those initial 4 or so records before Hal Blaine started subbing. Dennis’ skills got sloppier into the late 60s and beyond as drugs/booze affected his skills. I think the Manson situation really destroyed him, coupled with his existing wild persona.
Thank You Steve Parker......
Your comment is very helpful...
good video but manson never did heroin or introduced him to heroin..
Johnnyman9513,how do you know this?
@@judis6224 because he and everyone around him said it, he was very particular with what are drugs and what are spiritual eye opening tools and heroin and speed is something he kept far away
How could he be with the 19 year old daughter of his band mate... So weird, no?
His cousin as well.
Clandestinerecords,she was the daughter of Mike love his cousin,it was her saying Mike was her father,obviously had slept with her mother and didn't know she was pregnant,he Was bad at sleeping around.
He got involved with Manson and started the whole mess going.
Wasn't he swimming with Charlie that night?
He got played by The Family, like a garage sale guitar. Bad deal.
Who were all of the people in the picture at 2:50 ?
The Beach Boys!!
@@robmorrison1043 I thought there was more people in the picture then just the band. Thank you.
Top row: Mike, Brian, Dennis. Bottom row: Bruce, Carl, Al.
@@videocat1366 Thank you, hun.
@@lindalauer1434 ... the guy on the far left is Bruce Johnston, whose real name is Benjamin Baldwin. He was born in Illinois, moved to California as a child, and joined the Beach Boys when Brian Wilson went nuts in 1965. He (Baldwin) wrote 'I Write The Songs' which, of course, became a worldwide no. 1 hit for Barry Manilow in 1976 ....
Wow to bad
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So Dennis had a beard when he died.
Dsherry68,dennis had stubble
To bad
72 inches in length is six feet tall. Denny was 5’8”.
if only Help Lines cut it?
If only he laid off the drugs and booze…
Man !! Does he ever look like Jim Caviezel as he appears on Passion of the Christ!!
You mean Jim looks like him. This guy was alive well before Jim ever played the Passion of the Christ
I think a scuba diver drowned Wilson intentionally. I was there when he took the photo sitting on the water.
Collinmoses-hr7hw,someone else said that,he was there,another said he saw him hit his head,they were all drinking,some friends.
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"Dennis's last stop before Kokomo"
- The Greatest, Lana Del Rey
Wow, such crap. Sounds like he got walloped then dragged, poor fella.
Drowning the worse death in ten feet of water..... Jesus!!!😅
You mean the music they stole from Chuck Berry right?
What music?
He or one of the beach boys they had involved with the Tate murders
No. Absolutely not.
He knew Charles Manson before the murders, primarily working on music as Manson was an aspiring musician. He actually cut ties with the Manson family as they became a financial burden. Sorry that Dennis didn’t have a crystal ball to see into the future to know that the Manson family would murder people.
Dennis had some interaction with Charles Manson that revolved around music. He wasn’t involved in the Tate/Labianca murders. He had distanced himself from Manson because he feared for his own life. He had seen that side of Charlie.
Poor Judgement.....
Cynthia,there were no beach boys involved with Manson murders,that happened a year later anyway.
You know much poon this guy scored back then?
Many people (as well as myself ) believe Charles Manson ordered it and had it done. Thats also why Sharon Tate was killed, he thought Terry Melcher still lived there. Manson was furious he was never accepted as a professional and blamed Wilson for using one of his songs, changing it, and making money. The song called "Never Learn Not to Love", was a B-side to their song "Bluebirds Over the Mountain" and was an altered version of "Cease to Exist" of Mansons. I read somewhere that Brian didn't even want to do it because it was so pitiful, but Dennis talked him into it. He agreed, but only after modifying it.
I suppose it's a harmless enough thing to believe but it's fairly ridiculous given his blood alcohol reading was above .20 when he drowned. That's very drunk. He was near the boat when his friend saw him go down for the last time. He had intentionally or unintentionally swam under the boat to look for more items. Maybe he hit his head hard when he came up or maybe he didn't but it wouldn't have been that hard for him to have drowned unfortunately. Adding in a murder theory as well is unnecessary when it's obvious he drowned.
Doesn't add up, fishy
Dennis Wilson Wikipedia
Dennis was definitely murdered, Brian Jones “died” the same way, also he was involved with the Manson family deeply, he loved the ocean and it’s just questionable why he would drown, he was a surfer, he spent a lot of time in the water. IMO it was not an oopsie, also what about the injuries he sustained, drowning does not cause blemishes and physical injuries, he was in 12 ft deep water.
Dennis is Manson
He was definetely not murdered. A person with a blood alcohol content of over 0.2 (that's 0.2 not 0.02) doesn't need any assistance to drown particularly if they purposely or accidentally swim under a boat. It's terribly what happened but it was an accident. He shouldn't have been in the water and his friends should have tried to dissuade him from going in. There was no murder though. Brian Jones might have been murdered though. He might not have too. Dennis Wilson though did drown possibly after knocking himself unconscious under the boat or maybe he wasn't knocked unconscious and just drowned. Either way.
Itsblaize2076,dennis had a fight with his last exs boyfriend.
@@havaddyour a bit sick