There is not enough room on the internet to document all the numerous fallings out and squabbles that pockmarked Pink Floyd throughout their career. Sometimes they made music too. But whilst David Gilmour vs Roger Waters will undoubtedly rumble on into eternity, some of the other band members made peace in later years. One such mended relationship was the one between keyboardist Richard Wright and singer and guitarist Gilmour. Wright would have been 81 today (28 July) and when he died after a battle with cancer in 2008, Gilmour paid his old bandmate an emotional tribute.
“No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend,” wrote Gilmour. "In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten.
