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Also known as Richard William Wright, Rick Wright, Richard William "Rick" Wright

englischer Keyboarder, Gründungsmitglied von Pink Floyd

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Richard Wright (1943–2008) was a British musician whose professional career spanned from 1962 to 2008. Associated with genres including progressive rock, art rock, and classic rock, his music has been tagged with descriptors such as "british" and "progressive." On Last.fm, his work has accumulated 663,032 plays from 28,342 listeners.

A separate entry in Open Library lists an author named Richard Wright, born in 1908 and died in 1960. This author is credited with 107 works, including *Black Boy*, *Geographies of Migration*, and *D.C. Noir 2. The Classics*. The musician Richard Wright is also noted in Crossref as having five works.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Family name
Wright
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
London
Place of death
London
Occupation
pianist
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
reggae
Instrument
voice
Record label
Capitol Records
Official website
rickwright.com
Image
Richard William Wright, 1971, Meddle.jpg
Voice type
baritone
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Commons category
Richard Wright
manner of death
natural causes
date of birth
1943-07-28
date of death
2008-09-15
birth name
Richard William Wright
start of work period
1962-00-00
cause of death
lung cancer
copyright representative
PRS for Music
member of
Sigma 6
end of work period
2008-00-00
name in native language
Richard Wright
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Richard William „Rick“ Wright (* 28. Juli 1943 in , London Borough of Harrow; † 15. September 2008 in Kensington, London) war ein britischer Musiker und Komponist. Er wurde als Keyboarder der Rockband Pink Floyd bekannt, die er mitbegründet hatte und für die er teilweise auch gesungen hat, insbesondere während der Anfangszeit der Band.

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