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Founding Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

London : United Kingdom | about 1 year ago

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ink Floyd members, from left, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright in New York in 1988. Wright has died from cancer. (Associated Press) Pianist and keyboardist Richard Wright, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, has died after a short battle with cancer.

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