# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:45:05.458Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Wright met Roger Waters and Nick Mason studying architecture at Regent Street Polytechnic in London, and the three formed Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett, hitting commercial success in 1967. After Barrett's departure and David Gilmour's arrival in 1968, Wright wrote and sang early tracks like "Remember a Day" and "It Would Be So Nice", then shifted mainly to arranging as Waters and Gilmour took over songwriting. His jazz-rooted playing on Farfisa and Hammond organs became essential to the band's atmosphere, threading through classics like "Time" (1973), where he sang lead. He contributed less by the late '70s and left after touring The Wall in 1981, returned as a session player in 1987, then rejoined fully for The Division Bell in 1994. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Pink Floyd in 1996, played Live 8 in 2005, and toured with Gilmour's band before lung cancer killed him in London in September 2008 at 65.