Location[edit] Central City's location has been vaguely defined over the years, similar to DC's other fictional cities such as Gotham City and Metropolis. In the 1970s, Central City was stated as being located in Ohio, where the real-world city of Athens, Ohio, would be (as shown in Flash #228 in 1974).
Report Abuse. Carl Wilson died of Lung Cancer in Feb '98 and Dennis Wilson died of drowning in December '83 after diving into the water to get something he had dropped overboard from a boat. He had been drinking all day and he apparently was too drunk to swim.
In the early 1980s, Carl Wilson said he tired of the Beach Boys' focus on nostalgia and lack of musical growth. He left the group in 1981 and released a solo album that year. But he rejoined the group and had performed with them ever since--including the Beach Boys' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.