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.

I think the most comforting thought right now is that you are reunited with Carl and Dennis, singing those beautiful harmonies again,” founding member Al Jardine said.

Worcester police ordered the curtain down on the Beach Boys’ performance and called off the sold-out show on Friday, Oct. 30, 1964, after an estimated 500 youngsters in an overflow sell-out crowd of 3,500 stormed the stage.