SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 – Keyboardist/vocalist RICHARD WRIGHT (b. July 28, 1945 in Hatch End, Middlesex, England) died at home of lung cancer at age 65. He was survived by three children.
Best known for his long career as a member of Pink Floyd, Wright taught himself to play guitar, trumpet and piano at age 12, and took private lessons in musical theory and composition at the Eric Gilder School of Music. Uncertain about his future, he enrolled at Regent Street Polytechnic in 1962.
At the time of his death, Wright had been working on a new solo album, which was thought to comprise a series of instrumental pieces. His death occurred one week before the release of David Gilmore’s “Live in Gdańsk” CD, on which he appeared. In his later years, Wright lived in France and spent time on a yacht he owned in the Virgin Islands. He found sailing therapeutic, relieving him from the pressures of the music business. He was also a keen collector of Persian rugs.
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