Today the world bids farewell to one of the greatest rockers of all time, Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright. Wright was a founding member of the legendary band Pink Floyd, the stirrings of which began when he was a student at the Regent Street Polytechnic College of Architecture. Wright was a piano and keyboard prodigy, teaching himself to play the keys.

According to the Associated Press:

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 member's family did not want to give more details about his death.

Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason in college and joined their early band, Sigma 6. Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965.

The group's jazz-infused rock and drug-laced multimedia "happenings" made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and their 1967 album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," was a hit.

Wright is survived by his wife Millie and three children. He will be dearly missed.