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Pink Floyd member Wright dies at 65 Richard Wright, a founder person in Pink Floyd, has died at age 65 after fighting cancer, his spokesman said. Wright performed the keyboard with the group and wrote music in traditional photos such as for instance Dark Side Of The Wish and Moon You Had Been Here. His spokesman said: "The group of Richard Wright, founder person in Pink Floyd, declare with great disappointment, that Richard died... Following a brief have a problem with cancer. The household have requested that their privacy is respected as of this hard time." Wright's spokesman didn't say from what type of cancer the legend have been putting up with. The self-taught keyboardist and pianist met other group members Roger Waters and Nick Mason while at architecture school. He was a founder person in The Pink Floyd Sound in 1965, and the group's past incarnations, such as for instance Sigma 6. In the first times of Pink Floyd, Wright, along side Syd Barrett, was regarded as the group's principal musical power. The London-born artist and sang a few songs of their own and child of a wrote. The Truly Amazing Gig In The Sky, and Us And Them, equally from 1973's seminal Dark Side Of The Moon recording, were his most well-known compositions. You Crazy Diamond, the homage to former group member Barrett essential contributions were also made by him to Atom Heart Mother, Echoes and Shine. He left Floyd subsequent periods for the recording The Wall, after his connection with Waters became increasingly hard. Wright was maintained as a salaried program artist throughout live shows in 1981 and 1980. In 1983, Pink Floyd launched the only real recording by which Wright doesn't seem - The Ultimate Cut. Wright used the remaining members of Pink Floyd in 2005 at Live 8. He also executed at a tribute show to Barrett this past year, but Waters and Gilmour, who notoriously dropped out over 25 years back, appeared independently. Wright had done on every Pink Floyd visit. He led keyboards and words to the 1987 record and formally rejoined Pink Floyd following a departure of Waters A Momentary Lapse of Reason. In 1994, he co-wrote five tracks on The Division Bell recording, performing lead lines on the monitor Wearing The Interior Out.