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    Melinda Ledbetter

    American talent manager (1946–2024)

    Melinda Kae Ledbetter (October 3, 1946 – January 30, 2024) was an American talent manager who was the second wife and longtime manager of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.

    She was once also a model and car saleswoman.[4] Ledbetter was credited with helping to initiate Wilson's court-ordered separation from his former psychologist, Eugene Landy,[4] and leading Wilson to proper medical care.[5] Her account of her early relationship with Wilson was dramatized for the 2014 biopicLove & Mercy, in which Ledbetter is portrayed by Elizabeth Banks.[6]

    Background

    Melinda Kae Ledbetter was born in Pueblo, Colorado, on October 3, 1946,[7][8] to Rosemary and Leonard Ledbetter, an Air Force pilot who had been stationed there.[9] Melinda grew up in Whittier, California,[9] and was of German and Irish descent.[9] She had a 16-year career as a