#gala wright

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Richard Wright and his daughter Gala.

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Gala Wright (Rick Wright’s daughter) posted what I assume to be Rick’s cat ❤️

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Richard .......shine on sweet diamond 💎

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During Wright’s final years, when he was terminally ill with cancer, Jamie and Gala cared for him. “It sounds odd, but I look on that last year looking after him as the best time I had with him,” Gala says. “He reached out to people closest to him — maybe because he had to — but he was very happy,” Jamie adds. “He was talking about releasing another record and starting to write again, and he wanted to do it in France.”

Wright liked routine and continuity. The week before he died, he was still talking about getting back to the house. “He’d bought a plane ticket to fly out in a couple of weeks and he wanted to get the date brought forward,” Gala says. “He fought so hard. He was absolutely determined not to give in to the cancer. One of the last things he said was, ‘It doesn’t look as though I’m going back to France.’

“The strength of will and character he showed during those last weeks, considering he was such a shy and reserved person, was extraordinary,” Jamie says. “It didn’t surprise me because I knew how stubborn he could be. But I was proud of him.”

However, Wright’s outright refusal to acknowledge or accept what was happening to him meant he died without ever discussing the details of his estate with his children, some of which came as a shock. “Because he was so private, we had no clue what was involved,” Jamie admits. “It was a big reality check to realise that, even after his death, decisions still need to be made about his career. The machine just keeps on going.”

Wright died on September 15, 2008, leaving Gala, Jamie and Ben £24m, as well as the valuable artistic and musical rights to his back catalogue. To date, 250m Pink Floyd albums have been sold around the world, and they continue to sell. On the recent No 1 success of The Endless River, an album based on unreleased material from the 1990s, the family says: “Although the music speaks for itself and always has done, it’s nice to see Dad’s contribution recognised in the press this time.”

“Dad should have sometimes done more about standing up for himself,” says Jamie. “But we feel it’s important he’s getting recognition now.”

~~Caroline Scott, The Sunday Times, November 23, 2014

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A small interview with Richard's daughter, Gala for Aston Martin

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Rick Wright with his son-in-law, Guy Pratt, during Dave Gilmour’s On an Island Tour, 2006.

Guy and Gala (Wright) used to vacation with the Gilmours because they had children the same age who were good friends.

Here are Romany Gilmour and Stanley Pratt (Dave’s daughter and Rick’s grandson) having fun during the same tour. 2006.

Fast-forward to 2017 and the Pink Floyd - Their Mortal Remains Exhibition. Here are Romany and Stanley, along with Barrie Knight (long-time security manager for Dave Gilmour).

And Stanley with his parents.

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photo: Jamie and Gala Wright, 1980′s

On family vacations in France:

Le Rouret, now as then, is peppered with excellent restaurants — “But we’d never go to them, because Dad wasn’t interested in that scene at all,” Gala says. “Occasionally Bill Wyman would come over for barbecues — I remember them keeping us awake playing ping-pong — but there were no celebrity parties. Dad wasn’t a social person at all. If anyone came over, it would have been because Mum wanted people to enjoy the house.”

November 23, 2014, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

A rare Polaroid of Rick in Studio one Utopia, during the making of Identity.

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Rick Wright and his kids hanging by the pool on a summer day.