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| Floyd founder Wright dies at 65 | Floyd founder Wright dies at 65 |
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| Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died aged 65 from cancer. | 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. | 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. | Dave Gilmour joined the band at the start of 1968 while Barrett left the group shortly afterwards. |
| Gilmour said: "He was such a lovely, gentle, genuine man and will be missed terribly by so many who loved him." | Gilmour said: "He was such a lovely, gentle, genuine man and will be missed terribly by so many who loved him." |
| Writing on his website, he added: "And that's a lot of people. Did he not get the loudest, longest round of applause at the end of every show in 2006?" | Writing on his website, he added: "And that's a lot of people. Did he not get the loudest, longest round of applause at the end of every show in 2006?" |
| Wright's spokesman said in a statement: "The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness that Richard died today after a short struggle with cancer. | Wright's spokesman said in a statement: "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." | "The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time." |
| He did not say what form of cancer the self-taught keyboard player and pianist had. | He did not say what form of cancer the self-taught keyboard player and pianist had. |
| Live 8 | Live 8 |
| Wright, a founder member of The Pink Floyd Sound - and other previous incarnations including Sigma 6 - met Waters and Mason at architecture school. | Wright, a founder member of The Pink Floyd Sound - and other previous incarnations including Sigma 6 - met Waters and Mason at architecture school. |
| Wright rejoined Pink Floyd for the London Live 8 concert in 2005 Pink Floyd achieved legendary status with albums including 1973's The Dark Side Of The Moon, which stayed in the US album chart for more than a decade. | Wright rejoined Pink Floyd for the London Live 8 concert in 2005 Pink Floyd achieved legendary status with albums including 1973's The Dark Side Of The Moon, which stayed in the US album chart for more than a decade. |
| Wright, known as Rick earlier in his career, wrote The Great Gig In The Sky and Us And Them from the album. | Wright, known as Rick earlier in his career, wrote The Great Gig In The Sky and Us And Them from the album. |
| Waters left the band in 1981, performing his last concert at London's Earls Court. | Waters left the band in 1981, performing his last concert at London's Earls Court. |
| Wright, together with Gilmour and Mason, continued to record and tour as Pink Floyd during the remainder of the 1980s and into the 1990s, releasing their last studio album - The Division Bell - in 1994. | Wright, together with Gilmour and Mason, continued to record and tour as Pink Floyd during the remainder of the 1980s and into the 1990s, releasing their last studio album - The Division Bell - in 1994. |
| In 2005, the full band reunited - for the first time in 24 years - for the Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park. | In 2005, the full band reunited - for the first time in 24 years - for the Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park. |
| Wright also contributed vocals and keyboards to Gilmour's 2006 solo album On An Island, while performing with his touring band in shows in Europe and the US. | |
| Send in your memories of Richard Wright | Send in your memories of Richard Wright |