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Murry
[ mur-ee, muhr-ee ]
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Fitzpatrick is survived by his wife, Sylvie Fitzpatrick; children Claire, Joel and Michael Fitzpatrick; sister Sharon Denny; brother Murry Fitzpatrick; and six grandchildren.
The film examines Murry Wilson’s domineering role in the band’s affairs, including his battles with Brian over their work in the studio and his sale of the group’s publishing in 1969 for less than $1 million.
The Wilsons’ father and early band manager Murry Wilson, in one of many moments of mismanagement shown in the documentary, sold the Beach Boys’ song catalog for $700,000 in 1969 without consulting the band members, and left Love’s name off as a contributor.
Murry Wilson’s surreptitious sale led to the song rights becoming a tangled thicket that for years kept Marshall, who made similar documentaries on the Bee Gees in 2022 and Carole King and James Taylor in 2020, from making the Beach Boys film that he’d long dreamed of.
Everybody, even problematic Wilson dad Murry, gets their due.
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