Richard Wright from Pink Floyd passed away

[B. Elliott]

Richard Wright Dies at 65

(FROM AP) — Richard Wright, a founding member of the British rock band Pink Floyd, died in his home on Monday (Sept. 15) at the age of 65. He had been battling cancer. Wright formed Pink Floyd along with Roger Waters and Nick Mason. He wrote, played keyboards, and sang on some of the band's biggest songs, like ''The Great Gig In The Sky'' and ''Us And Them'' from 1973's The Dark Side Of The Moon. He left band in the early '80s but rejoined for their 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20225873,00.html

As the great Ted Nugent once said, 'Some people think they going to die someday, I got news, you never got to go'.

 

[Astronuc]

My condolensces to his family and friends.

An era is passing.

 

[waht]

Forgive my lack of familiarity with the news source, but is this credible? I don't see another media outlet reporting this?

 

[Alienjoey]

It has been reported by several news sources since his death two days ago.

So sad to see yet another great musician go.

 

[B. Elliott]

Forgive my lack of familiarity with the news source, but is this credible? I don't see another media outlet reporting this?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/15/obit.wright.ap/index.html

 

[FrancisZ]

Noo!

 

[waht]

Never mind. Sad to see he had to go.

 

[russ_watters]

Forgive my lack of familiarity with the news source, but is this credible? I don't see another media outlet reporting this?

I was disappointed by the lack of news coverage it got, but I did hear it once on the radio yesterday.

 

[waht]

Indeed Russ. I always check news everyday and somehow didn't catch this.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Pink Floyd was the best. It is always sad to lose one of the greats.

I played DSOTM and WYWH on my reel-to-reel until the tape wore out.