15 Sep 08 Richard Wright Dead at 65
Richard Wright, a founder member of Pink Floyd has died from cancer at the age of 65. He wrote songs on some of their classic albums such as ‘Wish You Were Here’ and ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’.
He appeared on the bands first album ‘The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn’ in 1967.
He was forced to resign from Pink Floyd during the 1980′s ‘The Wall’ sessions, due to ever mounting disagreements with Roger Waters.
On July 2, 2005, Wright, Gilmour, Mason were joined by Waters on stage for the first time since the Wall concerts for a short set at the Live 8 concert in London.
Wright is survived by his third wife Millie (to whom he dedicated his second solo album Broken China).
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23 Mar 08 Hurricane Smith R.I.P
I guess this is rather belated, but I remember him well back in the 70′s, both with this Gilbert O’Sullivan penned hit, and also with, perhaps the more well known ‘Oh Babe, What Would You Say?’m which was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
He was born in North London in 1923. He was a glider pilot in the RAF during World War II. He became a sound engineer in 1959, and worked on all the EMI recordings by the Beatles up to and including Rubber Soul.
In 1967, he produced some of the first Pink Floyd Albums. He also worked with Barclay James Harvest.
He died on March 4th, 2008 at the age of 85.
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