Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright passes away from cancer.

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | Sept 16 2008 | Neil McCormick

[DCBurgess58]

David Gilmour talks to Neil McCormick about Pink Floyd, his new album 'Live in Gdansk' and bandmate Richard Wright, who died this week

Keyboard player Richard Wright passed away on Monday, aged 65, bringing the long saga of Pink Floyd to a sad and conclusive end. Yet music, as ever, remains a potent force of life, even in the face of death.

Next week, by complete coincidence, the last ever live appearance by this most elegant and inventive of musicians is to be released on CD and DVD, on which Wright can be found singing and playing with real joy and creative exuberance on such Floyd classics as 'Breathe', 'Time', 'Astronomy Domine' and 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'...

[DCBurgess58]

So sad, Richard Wright was a class act. A true gentleman. Rest In Peace Richard.

[NavyCanDo]

Pink Floyd-Shine on you crazy diamond (Richard Wright R.I.P.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ickvq4mHatg

[rfp1234]

R.I.P.

[Tired of Taxes]

Rest in peace, Mr. Wright, and thank you for the amazing music.

[DCBurgess58]

Rick Wright

Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 - 15 September 2008) was a self-taught pianist and keyboardist best known for his long career with Pink Floyd. Wright’s richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound. In addition, Wright frequently sang background and occasionally lead vocals onstage and in the studio with Pink Floyd (most notably on the songs "Time", "Echoes", and on the Syd Barrett composition "Astronomy Domine").

Though not as prolific a songwriter as his bandmates Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and David Gilmour, he wrote significant parts of the music for classic albums such as Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, as well as for Pink Floyd's final studio album The Division Bell.

[Roccus]

We lost a good ‘un.