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Pink Floyd's Keyboardist Rick Wright Dies aged 65 |
Contributed By: D. Buchan
Created On: Monday, 15 September 2008
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 Rick Wright
The musician, who formed the influential band with Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Syd Barrett in 1965, passed away today (September 15) after battling with cancer.
His 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."
As well as playing keyboards, Wright contributed a number of songs to the band in their early years, including 'Paintbox', 'Remember A Day' and 'Summer '68', and also contributed prominent vocals to the band's 1971 23-minute classic 'Echoes'.
Although his influence in the band declined, and he was eventually forced to leave as a full-time member during sessions for 1979's 'The Wall', Wright returned as a session musician and rejoined the band when Roger Waters left, performing on hit albums including 1994's 'The Division Bell'.
The keyboardist also released a handful of solo albums and worked on albums by founding member Syd Barrett, who died in 2006.
Wright, who was known to fans as Rick, was born in Middlesex in July 1943. His last performance with Pink Floyd came during their 2005 reunion at the Live 8 event with Pink Floyd singer and guitarist David Gilmour in London's Hyde Park.
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