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Richard Wright, of rock group Pink Floyd, dies at age 65
The Associated PressLONDON Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band...Tags: Death and Dying, Music Industry, David Gilmour, Music
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Dominant musical force in Pink Floyd
LONDON — Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. Pink Floyd's spokesman, Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Mr. Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He...Tags: Death and Dying, Music Industry, David Gilmour, Music
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Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies at age 65
A Pink Floyd spokesman says founding member Richard Wright has died. He was 65. Wright died Monday after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. His family did not want to give more details about his death. The spokesman is Doug Wright, who is not...Tags: Death and Dying, Music
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LI ARTS: MUSIC & DANCE
WHAT The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival: Something for Everyone presents Stravinsky's "The Soldier's Tale," narrated by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, with works by Arvo Pärt and Mendelssohn. WHEN|WHERE 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Bridgehampton Presbyterian,...Tags: New York, Rudyard Kipling, Westbury, Old Westbury
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6: Aug. 31: Actor Warren Berlinger ("Operation Petticoat," ''The Joey Bishop Show") is 71. Drummer Jerry Allison of Buddy Holly and the Crickets is 69. Singer Van Morrison is 63. Guitarist Rudolf Schenker...Tags: Mark Harmon, Desperate Housewives (tv program), Dan Miller, Grey's Anatomy (tv program), Steve Jones
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Two groups that keep shining on
Special to The TimesPink Floyd's history and entire body of work aren't as familiar to the average music fan as those of such other 1960s British groups as the Beatles, Rolling Stones or the Who. Even some of Floyd's casual fans may think of it chiefly in terms of two...Tags: Rock and Roll, David Gilmour, Paul McCartney, Music, Consumer Electronics Industry
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El principio de un movimiento altruista
El sueño comenzó una noche en casa de Alejandro Sanz, hace casi tres años. Ahí, Miguel Bosé, Shakira y el cantautor español hablaron de que Iberoamérica debía cumplir un papel importante en pleno siglo XXI, y que la solución a la pobreza en dicha zona...Tags: Minority Groups, Ricky Martin, National or Ethnic Minorities, Shakira
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Stagecoach is more family style, but it parties hearty too.
![Naomi Judd had some advice for breakout star <a href="http://theenvelope.latimes.com/columnists/contenderqa/env-en-swift6feb06%2C0%2C7108188.story?track=mostviewed-storylevel">Taylor Swift</a> during the Judds' sundown reunion set at the Stagecoach Festival on Saturday. "I remember when Taylor Swift said that winning her [2007 CMA award] was the highlight of her senior year," Judd said. "It's my job to tell you to get a good lawyer and save your money."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-05/38497386-04155814.jpg)
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNaomi Judd had some advice for breakout star Taylor Swift during the Judds' sundown reunion set at the Stagecoach Festival on Saturday. "I remember when Taylor Swift said that winning her [2007 CMA award] was the highlight of her senior year," Judd said....Tags: Johnny Cash, Minority Groups, Dwight Yoakam, Clothing and Textiles Industry, American Idol (tv program)
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Roger Waters' pig penned after Coachella flight
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIndio, the pig has landed. Roger Waters' two-story inflatable prop pig that floated off into the night sky between his festival-closing sets Sunday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival plopped down Tuesday over two properties in nearby La...Tags: Charity, Festive Event
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In April, all the world's a festival
Special to The Los Angeles TimesThe world's a stage, and the public revelries that happen all over it are a tribute to mankind's pan-cultural capacity for collective joy. Here's a calendar of international festivals, events and open-to-everyone parties for April that are worth...Tags: Whitney Houston, Miami Beach, Jack Johnson, Elvis Costello, Plymouth
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Movie review: 'The Last Mimzy'
Tribune movie critic2 stars (out of four) "The Last Mimzy?" How could the moviemakers who adapted Lewis Padgett's "Mimsy Were the Borogroves," one of the undisputed classics of 1940s "Golden Age" science fiction, come up with a new title for the movie version like "The...Tags: Toy Industry, Timothy Hutton, Toys, Fiction, Michael Clarke Duncan
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