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.
BEACH BOYS' DENNIS WILSON, DRUMMER, DROWNS AT MARINA. Published: December 29, 1983. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28â Dennis Wilson, the drummer for the Beach Boys, whose ''surfing sound'' helped define an era in the 1960's for millions of young Americans, drowned today not far from the beaches where he became famous.