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RIP Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright

From Yahoo Music News

Pink Floyd Member Richard Wright Dies at Age 65


LONDON - A Pink Floyd spokesman says founding member Richard Wright has died. He was 65.

Wright died Monday after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. His family did not want to give more details about his death. The spokesman is Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist.

Richard Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason at college and joined their early band Sigma 6.

Sigma 6 eventually became Pink Floyd and Wright wrote and sang some of the band's key songs. He wrote "The Great Gig In The Sky" and "Us And Them" from Pink Floyd's 1973 "The Dark Side Of The Moon."

He left the group in the early 1980s to form his own band but rejoined Pink Floyd for their 1987 album "A Momentary Lapse of Reason."

[Fixed minor typo in headline. --Matt]
[Edited 9/15/08 12:43pm]

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Reply #1 posted 09/15/08 10:05am

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omg, i never knew he was sick. i really did see the final pink floyd performance with the original/classic lineup

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Reply #5 posted 09/15/08 10:24am

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rose Deepst sympathy to those he left behind

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Reply #6 posted 09/15/08 10:30am

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awwwww, sad.

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Reply #7 posted 09/15/08 11:03am

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Reply #8 posted 09/15/08 11:56am

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Reply #9 posted 09/15/08 12:18pm

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This is staggering news for me.

His music has been, and will be, with me throughout my life.



Thank you, Mr. Wright... thank you.

You will be missed.


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I will be playing some of Richard Wright's music today and this Thursday on Emancipation Radio.

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Reply #10 posted 09/15/08 12:46pm

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That's terrible news, and I think it finally answers the question about whether there would be one last reunion tour. sad At least all four members of the "classic" lineup were able to put aside their differences after 24 years for the final performance at Live 8.

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Reply #11 posted 09/15/08 2:51pm

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R.I.P. sad

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Reply #12 posted 09/15/08 2:51pm

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Saw them back around'70 or '71 at the superb Auditorioum Theater in Chicago.

Wright had this joystick kind of control and they had put speakers 360 degrees around the house and he could make the sound swirl around us.

Very cool.

This was like back in the day of Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun.

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Reply #13 posted 09/15/08 3:49pm

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Sad, that seems so young nowadays.

I was watching a doc of the band recently, and was shocked at the amount of smoking they did.

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Reply #14 posted 09/15/08 5:06pm

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WOW!

Wasn't he and Roger Waters just accepting the Polar Prize for Music in Sweden?

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Reply #15 posted 09/15/08 6:31pm

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Oh, man! sad R.I.P.

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Reply #16 posted 09/15/08 7:55pm

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From Yahoo Music News

Pink Floyd Member Richard Wright Dies at Age 65


LONDON - A Pink Floyd spokesman says founding member Richard Wright has died. He was 65.

Wright died Monday after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. His family did not want to give more details about his death. The spokesman is Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist.

Richard Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason at college and joined their early band Sigma 6.

Sigma 6 eventually became Pink Floyd and Wright wrote and sang some of the band's key songs. He wrote "The Great Gig In The Sky" and "Us And Them" from Pink Floyd's 1973 "The Dark Side Of The Moon."

He left the group in the early 1980s to form his own band but rejoined Pink Floyd for their 1987 album "A Momentary Lapse of Reason."


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Reply #17 posted 09/15/08 8:43pm

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From the NY Times:

LONDON (AP) -- Richard Wright, a founding member of Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.

The rock group's spokesman, Doug Wright, who's unrelated, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He said the band member's family did not want to give more details about his death.

Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason in college and joined their early band, Sigma 6. Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965.

The group's jazz-infused rock and drug-laced multimedia ''happenings'' made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and their 1967 album, ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,'' was a hit.

In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright, along with Barrett, was seen as the group's dominant musical force. The London-born musician and son of a biochemist wrote songs and played the keyboard.

''Rick's keyboards were an integral part of the Pink Floyd sound,'' said Joe Boyd, a prominent record producer who worked with Pink Floyd early in its career.

The band released a series of commercially and critically successful albums including 1973's ''The Dark Side of the Moon,'' which has sold more than 40 million copies. Wright wrote ''The Great Gig in the Sky'' and ''Us and Them'' for that album, and worked on the group's epic compositions such as ''Atom Heart Mother,'' ''Echoes'' and ''Shine on You Crazy Diamond.''

But tensions grew among Waters, Wright and fellow band member David Gilmour. The tensions came to a head during the making of ''The Wall'' when Waters insisted Wright be fired. As a result, Wright was relegated to the status of session musician on the tour of ''The Wall,'' and did not perform on Pink Floyd's 1983 album, ''The Final Cut.''

Wright formed a new band Zee with Dave Harris from the band Fashion, and released one album, ''Identity,'' with Atlantic Records.

Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and Wright began recording with Mason and Gilmour again, releasing the albums ''The Division Bell'' and ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' as Pink Floyd. Wright also released the solo albums ''Wet Dream'' (1978) and ''Broken China'' (1996).

In July 2005, Wright, Waters, Mason and Gilmour reunited to perform at the ''Live 8'' charity concert in London -- the first time in 25 years they had been onstage together.

Wright also worked on Gilmour's solo projects, most recently playing on the 2006 album ''On an Island'' and the accompanying world tour.

Gilmour paid tribute to Wright on Monday, saying his input was often forgotten.

''He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognized Pink Floyd sound,'' he said. ''I have never played with anyone quite like him.''



sad I saw Pink Floyd in concert at an outdoor stadium when I was in college. It remains one of my favorite concerts.

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Reply #18 posted 09/15/08 10:50pm

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Richard Wright is the most underrated keyboardist in popular music along with Bernie Worrell. And they both happen to be among the most influential in their respective genres. God bless Richard Wright and may he rest in peace.

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Reply #19 posted 09/16/08 12:59am

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was just listening to 'high hopes' this morning ...

''the grass was greener, the light was brighter''

another irreplaceable legend has left us.... sad

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Reply #21 posted 09/16/08 3:57am

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I have so few musical heroes that are younger than 50. Am I to sit and just watch the 'great and influential' pass on? Perhaps that's how it is as you get older: perhaps the music of our youth plants itself deeper than that which we hear in our later years.

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Reply #22 posted 09/16/08 4:59am

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Absolutely gutted to hear the news!!! sad sad

Thoughts and prayers go to the band and Wright's family. The Floyd are my favourite band and I can't believe that they will never play together again.

Shine on you crazy diamond, shine on.

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Reply #23 posted 09/16/08 7:52am

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only on the weekend, Dave Gilmour said they would never reform again....and all the time knew Richard was dying...a subtle way of telling the world....very nice.


I will watch my Pulse DVD this evening with a candle lit in remembrance...I suggest other admirers do the same sad smile

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Reply #24 posted 09/16/08 8:19am

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peppeken said:

only on the weekend, Dave Gilmour said they would never reform again....and all the time knew Richard was dying...a subtle way of telling the world....very nice.


I will watch my Pulse DVD this evening with a candle lit in remembrance...I suggest other admirers do the same sad smile


What a performance Pulse is. Amazing in so many ways. One of the best shows ever captured to film. And 'that' ending... wow.

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Reply #25 posted 09/16/08 11:16am

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sad I absolutely LOVE Pink Floyd. This is so sad.

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fuck, i like Pink Floyd neutral

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Reply #27 posted 09/16/08 6:22pm

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Rest in Peace. He was the guy that started it all with Roger Waters. And even though I'm bigger into Syd Barrett's version of Floyd, Richard was always there to make music history with them.

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Reply #28 posted 09/17/08 5:29am

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Damn sad, I just started being a fan...

R.I.P

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Reply #29 posted 09/17/08 1:15pm

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I really dont like the floyd but i get down on syd's music

but it still sucks r.i.p.

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