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Syd Barrett, who founded Pink Floyd but disappeared to live as a recluse 30 years ago, has died, the band said Tuesday. He was 60. Alan Barrett said of his 60-year-old brother: “He died peacefully at home. There will be a private family funeral in the next few days.”
Pink Floyd issued a statement saying: “The band are naturally very upset and sad to learn of Syd Barrett’s death. Syd was the guiding light of the early band line-up and leaves a legacy which continues to inspire.”

A spokeswoman for the band said Barrett died several days ago, but she did not disclose the cause of death. Barrett had suffered from diabetes for years. Read more!

Jennifer Lopez, Dr.Condoleezza Rice and Isabella Rossellini were just some of the movers-and-shakers to attend the Time 100 Dinner in honor of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People on Monday, May 8 In New York.

This year’s honorees ranged from artists and entertainers to scientists and world leaders, and included Ellen DeGeneres, comedienne and TV hostess; Jim Yong Kim, Chief of both the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Division of Social Medicine at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and Dubai’s ruler-at-large, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. Read more!