Wish You Were Here: Richard Wright Passes At 65

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Wish You Were Here: Richard Wright Passes At 65



Richard Wright, the keyboardist for the rock group Pink Floyd, passed away at the age of 65.

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.''

Waters and David Gilmour had a parting of ways, with Gilmour retaining the Pink Floyd name. Wright has toured with Pink Floyd on their Delicate Sound of Thunder and Pulse tours.

Video here
This is from the reunion with Roger Waters at Live 8:
http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2008/09/wish-you-were-here-richard-wright.html