LONDON - Founding Pink Floyd member Richard Wright has died at age 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.
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.''
Pink Floyd's Richard Wright dead at 65
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Re: Pink Floyd's Richard Wright dead at 65
Of course "The Great Gig In The Sky" joke came to mind as soon as I read the subject line, but then what happens? IT'S STINKIN' MENTIONED IN THE STORY! Nothing like taking away my shot at musical humor utilization!!!
Well anyway, David Gilmour did "There's No Way Out Of Here" so I guess that applies in this case...
Well anyway, David Gilmour did "There's No Way Out Of Here" so I guess that applies in this case...
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