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Rick Wright: Wish you were here
Submitted by dmenconi on 09/15/2008 - 12:55
On this date 33 years ago, Pink Floyd released its underrated classic "Wish You Were Here." And on this date in 2008, that title becomes sadly applicable to Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright -- dead at age 65 from cancer.
In an eerie bit of timing, Wright died on the same day Floyd guitarist David Gilmour said in a published interview that chances for another Pink Floyd reunion are almost non-existent.
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David Menconi
David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent a few years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo.; and before that, he earned a masters degree in journalism from the University of Texas (on top of an English degree from Southwestern University).
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Comments
prof. menconi, did u write
Tue, 09/16/2008 - 22:28 — brian (not verified)prof. menconi,
did u write an obit?
RIP
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 15:36 — Anonymous (not verified)He's off to the Great Gig in the Sky.