Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, wife of Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson, has died. She was 77.

Brian shared the news on his social media Tuesday, writing, “My heart is broken. Melinda, my beloved wife of 28 years, passed away this morning.” No cause of death was immediately available.

He continued, alongside two photos of his wife, “Our five children and I are just in tears. We are lost. Melinda was more than my wife. She was my savior. She gave me the emotional security I needed to have a career. She encouraged me to make the music that was closest to my heart. She was my anchor. She was everything for us. Please say a prayer for her. Love and Mercy Brian.”

Brian and Melinda initially met in 1986, while she was working at a car dealership, and they went on to date for three years. Then in 1992, they rekindled their relationship and got married a few years later,...