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GOODBYE TO MR. WRIGHT

Pink Floyd founder member Richard Wright passed on today at his home in England, after a fight against cancer.  He was 65. 

Before his final appearance with the band in July 2005, Richard had not played with Pink Floyd since 1985.  Initially, Syd and Richard were considered the musical leaders of Pink Floyd, and Richard's keyboard work was an essential part of the Pink Floyd sound.  After the first split, when Waters insisted that Wright be fired from the band, David Gilmour, Richard and Nick Mason continued to collaborate on each other's musical projects. 

On a purely personal note, when I first moved to London in 1966, my roommates and I had a housewarming party, and were very honored when Richard and Syd showed up.  Syd was mysterious under a black, broad-brimmed hat, while Richard was natural and charming and apparently unaware of his own charisma.  One of the good guys. 

DAVID GILMOUR NIXES PINK FLOYD REUNION

David Gilmour has dashed the hopes of myriads of Pink Floyd fans by publicly announcing that he has no interest in reuniting Pink Floyd at any time in the foreseeable future. Notwithstanding the successful concert in 2005, which saw old adversaries Roger Waters and David Gilmour on stage together for the first time in 20 years, and despite the fact Gilmour has often noted that he really enjoyed the live performance, he says the rehearsals were not as enjoyable, and further adds that he is having too much fun doing his own music at the moment.   As to his feelings about Pink Floyd, they can best be summed up by saying, "Been there, done that."

So, that seems to be that for the moment.

More here from MSNBC.