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Mike Love is looking back fondly on Brian Wilson, his cousin and Beach Boys collaborator who died Wednesday at 82. He tells The Associated Press that Wilson’s death is a “tough one” but that he had a great time “cocreating with him.” Love spoke Thursday ahead of being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which welcomed Wilson in 2000. He will be introduced by actor and musician John Stamos, who has collaborated with the Beach Boys in recent years and has a special tribute to Wilson planned for Friday at the Beach Boys’ next performance. Stamos tells the AP that “without the Beach Boys, life would be a mistake.”