Pink Floyd founding member Richard Wright passed away this morning at the age of 65. The extremely underrated keyboardist succumbed to cancer after a short battle with the disease. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. I guess this puts to rest the notion of a Pink Floyd reunion.
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- BBC News: Floyd founder Wright dies at 65
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Wow…this is horrible and unexpected. I had no idea he had cancer.
What a shame. He was such a huge contributor to “the Pink Floyd Sound.”
Time to spin up Animals in memory.
Here’s to Wright! Scotty said it best. EXTREMELY UNDERRATED! Looks like he’s finally jamming out at the Great Gig In The Sky. RIP
What a sad day. And it doesn’t help that it came so suddenly with no warning. I listened to the 5/9/77 show in his honor last night.
Also, If you go to Rolling Stone dot com, they have a nice little playlist setup.
RIP.
so unexpected, and as you said perfectly, Scotty, Extremely Undderated! He will be sorely missed.