Brian Wilson, the co-founder and singer of the Beach Boys, had an unexpected encounter with the legendary musician Bob Dylan in an emergency room, which sparked a beautiful friendship.

Two years before Wilson's passing at the age of 82, he shared a heartwarming story about running into Dylan at a hospital. The two musicians started a conversation, and it turned into a lovely friendship.

According to Wilson's May 2023 post on Facebook, he was in the Malibu emergency room for a weigh-in when Dylan walked up to him. "He had curly hair and was on the short side. 'Are you Brian Wilson?' he asked. 'Yeah,' I said. 'Hi,' he said. 'I'm Bob Dylan.'"

Dylan, 84, was in the hospital with a broken thumb. The two musicians talked about nothing in particular, but Wilson couldn't help but admire Dylan's songwriting skills. "I was a big fan of his lyrics, of course," said Wilson, citing "Like a Rolling Stone," "Mr. Tambourine Man," and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" as some of his favorites. "What a songwriter!"

The emergency room encounter turned into a beautiful friendship between the two iconic musicians. "I invited him over to my house for lunch the next day," recalled Wilson. "That was a longer conversation. We just talked and talked about music. We talked about old songs we remembered, songs before rock and roll. We talked about ideas we had. Nice guy."

At the time, he shared a photo of himself posing with Dylan, although it's unclear exactly when the photo was taken or when the interaction went down.

Recently, Dylan celebrated Wilson's 80th year around the sun by singing "Happy Birthday" to him in a video. "That ear," the "Blowin' in the Wind" singer once said about him, according to the New York Times. "I mean, Jesus, he's got to will that to the Smithsonian."

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