Richard Wright dies at age 65

Yesterday was a truly tragic day for the music industry Richard Wright, a founding member of Pink Floyd, died Monday, he was only 65. The group's jazz-infused rock and drug-laced multimedia "happenings" made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and their 1967 album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," was a massive hit. In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright, along with Syd Barrett, were seen as the group's dominant musical force until Roger Waters and David Gilmour started to write material. Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and Wright began recording with Mason and Gilmour again, releasing two amazing albums "The Division Bell" and "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" as Pink Floyd. Wright also released the solo albums "Wet Dream" (1978) and "Broken China" (1996). I always felt ( or perhaps hoped ) that Pink Floyd would eventually reunite and we would all have one more chance to see them live...but of course that will now never happen. They are in my opinion perhaps the greatest band in all musical history and Richard will be missed terribly... a life well lived to be sure.