PSYCHOLOGIST LANDY DIES

Last updated: Thursday, March 30, 2006

PSYCHOLOGIST LANDY DIES

Psychologist-to-the-stars EUGENE LANDY has lost his battle with lung cancer in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was 71.

Landy's celebrity clients include ALICE COOPER and RICHARD HARRIS, but he's perhaps best known for his treatment of BEACH BOYS star BRIAN WILSON.

Landy was hired to take control of Wilson's life in the mid 1970s after the GOOD VIBRATIONS singer concerned family and friends by withdrawing socially to an alarming degree.

A year of monitoring the rocker and luring him off casual drugs and junk food gave Wilson his life back, but Landy was later fired by the Beach Boy's manager over a fee dispute.

Landy was rehired in the early 1980s after Wilson had regressed to drugs and obesity. He worked with Wilson for three years.

The California Board of Medical Quality Assurance later accused Landy of "grossly negligent conduct," alleging that his business dealings with Wilson had caused the singer "severe emotional damage, psychological dependence and financial exploitation".

Landy denied the charges.

| Thursday, March 30, 2006

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