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DIED. Syd Barrett, 60, brilliant, troubled recluse who was the original leader of the seminal psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd and wrote almost all its early music; of undisclosed causes; in Cambridge, England. In 1968, a year after the release of Pink Floyd's acclaimed debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Barrett--who named the group after blues musicians Pink Anderson and Floyd Council--left the band after a breakdown that was caused, in part, by heavy LSD use. An icon to musicians from David Bowie to Robyn Hitchcock, Barrett, who lived in obscurity at his mother...
...Barrett, who died on July 7 aged 60, came into my life and Pink Floyd in 1965. His reputation as a real talent was intimidating but he proved delightful. He introduced himself, a radical move given our determination to hide our shyness behind monosyllables and Ray-Ban sunglasses. He went on to front the band and was for his entire tenure its creative center, writing the songs and devising most of the music...
...BARRETT WOLF Harpursville...
After a mediocre 2004 season, the Harvard cross country team righted its wrongs for a quality finish in 2005. The season came to be defined by the stellar individual performances of junior Sean Barrett and sophomore Lindsey Scherf. “Everyone this year put in 110 percent dedication and effort and enthusiasm,” senior Laura Maludzinski said of the team’s improvement. The Crimson opened its season with impressive overall first-place team finishes for both the women and men at the Boston University Invitational. Although they fell to host Boston University...
...remembers Susan K. Brown ’81, who was city editor at The Crimson. According to Brown, Welch also “had a good eye for cute guys. She dated a lot. She had an active social life.”Paul M. Barrett ’83 says he dated Welch when he was a sophomore, after they met at The Crimson.“She was one of the big shots when I was a nobody there,” he says.Barrett remembers getting into good-natured debates about U.S. involvement in Latin America...