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RICHARD WRIGHT PINK FLOYD

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 28, 2019…RICHARD WRIGHT, THE ORIGINAL KEYBOARDIST FOR PINK FLOYD, WOULD HAVE BEEN 76 TODAY. WRIGHT WAS A MASTER ON THE KEYBOARD AND A GREAT VOCALIST. HE PERFORMED ON ALL BUT ONE OF PINK FLOYD’S ALBUMS AND WAS PART OF ALL OF HEIR TOURS. HE WAS AN OFTEN OVERLOOKED MEMBER OF PINK FLOYD AND SUPPLIED VOCALS AND SOMETIMES LEAD VOCALS ON TRACKS LIKE ‘TIME’ AND ‘REMEMBER A DAY.’

WRIGHT DIED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2008 AT THE AGE OF 65 FROM CANCER.

WRIGHT’S DEATH BROUGHT PINK FLOYD TO A FORMAL END, WITH DAVID GILMOUR STATING “IT WOULD BE WRONG TO RESUME TOURING WITHOUT HIM.”

HERE’S THE LAST TIME THEY ALL PLAYED TOGETHER. IT WAS THE LIVE 8 IN LONDON SHOW 2005

photo thanks-Deep Ghosh