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Pink Floyd were an English rock band founded in late 1965 by Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals. Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour would later join the band in December 1967, [2] [3] while Barrett was ousted from the band in April 1968 due to ...
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Sep 15, 2008 · Rick Wright, keyboardist and a founding member of Pink Floyd, died in 2008 after a short struggle with cancer. He co-wrote songs like "Us & Them" and "The Great Gig in the Sky" and rejoined the band for Live 8 and David Gilmour's solo tour.
They became a leading band of the progressive rock genre, cited by some as the greatest progressive rock band of all time. Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals) and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals).
Richard Wright, the keyboardist whose somber, monumental sounds were at the core of Pink Floyd’s art-rock that has sold millions and millions of albums, died Monday in London, where he had...
Sep 15, 2008 · Pink Floyd co-founder Richard Wright died of cancer at age 65 on Sept. 15, 2008.
In 1996, Barrett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2006.
Sep 15, 2008 · Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related...
