ThePitch Perfectstar posted on Instagram.

What an honor to know her, to be invited into her life with Brian, Banks wrote.

She was a force.

Melinda Ledbetter Wilson (L) and actress Elizabeth Banks

Melinda Ledbetter Wilson (L) and actress Elizabeth BanksKevin Winter/Getty Images

She gave me such great advice on parenting, which house to buy, being an artist.

She had a good laugh.

This is a reminder to reach out to people you enjoy.

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Her family was her world and my heart and prayers are with them.

Brian Wilson announced his wifes passing on social media on Tuesday.

My heart is broken, he wrote.

Melinda, my beloved wife of 28 years, passed away this morning.

Our five children and I are just in tears.

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Ledbetter married Brian Wilson in 1995 and served as his manager from 1999 onward.

They adopted five children together.