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Eugene Landy, psychologist to Beach Boys' Brian Wilson... He earned notoriety in the late 1970s after he began treating Wilson, whose career had disintegrated in a haze of drugs and phobias after a decade at the top of the musical charts. Hired in 1975 by Wilson's wife, Landy took control of the rock star's life, monitoring him 24 hours a day with a team of assistants to keep him off drugs and junk food; Wilson's weight had ballooned to more than 300 pounds. Landy grew so close to Wilson that he participated in Wilson's comeback as his manager and artistic collaborator - an ethical breach that eventually caused the psychologist to give up his license to practice in California. Born in Pittsburgh, Landy was the only child of Jules, a physician, and Frieda, a psychology professor. He claimed to have dropped out of school after the sixth grade because of severe dyslexia and worked odd jobs, eventually winding up in radio as producer of a program aimed at teenagers. He later became a record promoter. By the time he met Wilson, he had a Beverly Hills clinic and a celebrity clientele. Print This E-mail This MORE NEWS • 4 Chardon High students hurt as car hits concrete wall • Aging project ends 3 years with ideas • Busy day at Statehouse • More Stories © 2006 The Plain Deale... 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | All news |