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Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died aged 65 from cancer.
Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason.
Dave Gilmour joined the band at the start of 1968 while Barrett left the group shortly afterwards.
Wright penned songs on classic albums including Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here.
Wright's spokesman said: "The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness that Richard died today after a short struggle with cancer.
"The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time."
i'm in tears right now. pink floyd is my all time favorite band, and i just can't believe another member is gone.
Such a sad day. Pink Floyd was the first band I really connected with, Animals is my all time favorite album, and coincidentally it truly showcases Richard Wright's beautiful playing. RIP.
Post by gOdWesSaTan on Sept 15, 2008 18:25:25 GMT -5
so very sad pink floyd is and always will be the greatest band ever and to see a member pass way before his time brings me to tears. if it wasnt for pink floyd i wouldnt be the person i am today.
A very sad day, indeed. I listened to Wish You Were Here last night and heard Welcome to the Machine today in the car. I got kind of emotional. May he rest in peace.
Pink Floyd has help shape who I am today . Hat to see any member leave us. RIP.
Same here...but they have made such a huge impression on a lot of people. It's truly sad...but at least their music will always be there and will be there for generations to come.
It saddens me. All the bands and musicians I listen to have either passed or are dropping out around now, its a shame I'll never get to see them live. Ugh. RIP Rich, go play that great gig in the sky with Syd.
Post by lordrockinhood on Nov 9, 2008 16:11:45 GMT -5
Some very nice words I just stumbled upon on roger-waters.com
ROGER WATERS I was very sad to hear of Rick's premature death, I knew he had been ill, but the end came suddenly and shockingly. My thoughts are with his family, particularly Jamie and Gala and their mum Juliette, who I knew very well in the old days, and always liked very much and greatly admired. As for the man and his work, it is hard to overstate the importance of his musical voice in the Pink Floyd of the 60's & 70's. The intriguing, jazz influenced, modulations and voicings so familiar in "Us & Them" and "Great Gig In The Sky", which lent those compositions both their extraordinary humanity and their majesty, are omnipresent in all the collaborative work the four of us did in those times. Rick's ear for harmonic progression was our bedrock. I am very grateful for the opportunity that Live 8 afforded me to engage with him, & David & Nick that one last time. I wish there had been more. Roger Waters September 2008
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