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Now he´ll be playing the greatest gig. . . in the sky.

Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies at age 65 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." I still can´t believe it

Your music lives on and will not be forgotten.RIP

A great loss of talent - he will be missed. It will be a all Floyd all day for me

sad day at this time (12:30 Pacific time) Robin LaRose is doing a tribute to Richard.at www.rock101.com (you can listen live) there's interviews Robin did with him and music from Floyd and Richard's solo album

"Echoes" won't be the same to me now. Another member of the Floyd who goes. We finally won't have a new Pink Floyd album, we'll never have. I understand what the Beatles fan from the 60's felt in 1980. RIP Richard Wright.

sad indeed. i had no idea he was even sick. maybe that is why just this past week David Gilmore was so admanat that the band would never get back together again. RIP Richard Wright, thank you for the sounds and being a part of one of the greatest rock and roll bands in history!!!! They couldn't have done it without you.

may you rest in peace Mr Wright, thankfully your legacy lives on in some of the greatest music of our time.

old the old chumps are walking the plank nowadays! angel(rod stewart

Close your eyes.be still.listen, feel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdanCpRItIo&feature=related

RIP Yes, a Floyd day today.

RIP t.

I was really hoping we would see another Floyd reunion one day, but now there are only three. What a sad loss to the music industry. My thoughts go out to his family. RIP Richard. Definitely a Floyd day today.

Roger and David don't seem to be happy with one another from what I can tell. I guess I missed my chance to see Floyd live. This thread makes me feel old.

Richard, Thank you. God Bless

What an under-rated musician he was. I love his keyboard work, in addition to the above mentioned songs, check out the wonderful 'Echoes' on Meddle

I wanna see old pg give some respect here to mr. wright

If anyone has David Gilmour's latest DVD Richard did look very pale.A horrible loss to music.Passed out many of night to the sounds of his keyboards.He will be sadly missed.

Another cloud in the sky. . . Watch out, he is watching! (hopefully in peace, yes)

I used to listen to Dark Side of the Moon Over & over & over and Echoes too in my formative years, wonderful music. Rick was so unassuming about his talent, I was so saddened by his passing. I can hear Him and Sid Barratt jamming away above us all now. RIP and Thanks for the music it will live on, I think forever.