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Monday, September 15, 2008

Music news Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright R.I.P.

Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 7:13 PM

Founding Pink Floyd member and keyboardist Rick Wright passed away this afternoon after a short battle with cancer.

Wright had been a member of Pink Floyd since the mid-sixties and most recently appeared on fellow Pink Floyd member David Gilmour's latest release, Live in Gdansk. Wright was 65.

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Music news Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright R.I.P.

Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 7:13 PM

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