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 | | 11 Jul 2006 3:00 PM |
| | Syd Barrett, the former lead singer of Pink Floyd and one of the key
figures of the 60s, has died at the Cambridgeshire home to which he
retreated as a recluse more than 30 years ago.
The Guardian has learned that the singer, 60, who suffered from a
psychedelic-drug induced breakdown while at the peak of his career,
died last Friday from complications related to diabetes.
His brother Alan confirmed his death, saying only: "He died peacefully
at home. There will be a private family funeral in the next few days."
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Born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge in 1946, he acquired the
nickname Syd aged 15. He left Pink Floyd in 1968, just as the band was
about to achieve worldwide recognition, and lived in the basement of
his mother Winfred's semi-detached house, where he boarded up the
windows to keep out the eyes of both the press and fans. He recorded
two solo albums.
Pink Floyd's Shine on You Crazy Diamond, from the 1975 album Wish You
Were Here, was said by many to be a salute to him. Barrett's use of
drugs, particularly LSD, in the 60s, was well-documented and he was
often described as the original acid casualty.
Dave Gilmour, the Pink Floyd guitarist drafted in to the band during a
period in which Barrett was behaving erratically, said in an interview
earlier this year that he thought that Barrett's breakdown would have
happened anyway.
He said: "It was a deep-rooted thing. But I'll say the psychedelic
experience might well have acted as a catalyst. Still, I just don't
think he could deal with the vision of success and all the things that
went with it." | | | |
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benni
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| | 11 Jul 2006 3:09 PM |
| | R.I.P. | | | |
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Una
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Daragh
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Posts:668
| | 11 Jul 2006 3:31 PM |
| | that sucks, what a talent. gotta go n stick on terrapin now | | | |
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Helmet
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Posts:80
| | 11 Jul 2006 4:51 PM |
| | A damned shame, Come on you painter, you piper, you prophet, and shine!!! | | | |
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Archie
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| | 11 Jul 2006 6:35 PM |
| | We'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph...
:( | | | |
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Thomas Walsh
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Posts:50
| | 12 Jul 2006 7:04 AM |
| | Our dear sweet childhoods are decaying and decomposing around us.....
Life eh.....?
R.I.P Syd. | | | |
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THE DARK ONE
Getting Into It Member
Posts:34
| | 12 Jul 2006 8:44 AM |
| | holy sh1t! this is really sad news! it is a sad day.
RIP Syd :( | | | |
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Vandal_with_Handle
Getting Into It Member
Posts:23
| | 12 Jul 2006 12:16 PM |
| | RIP
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground. | | | |
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Antistar
Very Busy Member
Posts:547
| | 16 Jul 2006 11:07 AM |
| | From Word Magazine website:
Syd Barrett's passed away from complications with his diabetes. Can't be many artists who: a) retired and stuck to it; b) worked for such a short time and cast such a long shadow. When Pink Floyd got together in 1965 many things about their future would have been pretty difficult to imagine but none more difficult than the fact that in forty years time the death of one of them would turn out to be headline news. Rest in peace.
Indeed.
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Daragh
Very Busy Member
Posts:668
| | 16 Jul 2006 7:01 PM |
| | i think the familly said he died from cancer though, i know there was confusion, but that was in the local cambridge paper, so would probably go with that. YOure right though, what a musical legacy, from what was really only one album (i know he was on bits of floyds second too, and the solo stuff is good, but not really up to the same quality) | | | |
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