RIP Richard Wright. Shine on, brother.
Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies at age 65
LONDON (AP) — Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.
Pink Floyd’s spokesman, Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says 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.
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I remember being in London in 2006. I arrived in the morning direct from NYC, to find Syd Barrett had passed on. Good mourning London. I spent the first few days sitting in a garden in Westbourne Park going through the earlier Pink Floyd discography, I still have the headline.
Now another sad wake up message in 2008, my heros are slowly finding their way to that great gig in the sky.
Shine on Richard Wright. An inspiration and a legend. We will miss you.
Peace.
