Former Pink Floyd Manager Dies At 66

Bryan Morrison, the music impresario who managed Pink Floyd and The Pretty Things, has died after spending more than two years in a coma.

After managing The Pretty Things, Morrison began putting on gigs for the early Pink Floyd. He later managed the band, but made his fortune in publishing music for the likes of T-Rex, The Bee Gees, The Jam and Wham!.

Famously, Morrison had his finger bitten - drawing blood - by an irate Syd Barrett after the Pink Floyd guitarist claimed he hadn't received a royalty cheque.

Morrison's major love was polo. He owned the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club and played regularly until 2006, when an accident put him in a coma.

Morrison's family had been told by doctors that there was little chance of him recovering from his injuries, and it is believed that he died on Friday (September 26) after contracting an infection, reports The Daily Mail.

His death comes less than two weeks after Pink Floyd founder member Rick Wright lost his battle with cancer, aged 65.

Credits for the info to Nme.com.

Comments

[outlaw_torn989]

Wow, thats wild...they both died within less than a month of each other. That sucks R.I.P.

[Samothomas]

Can't say nobody expected it or anything, but still harsh. Especially so soon after Rick.

R.I.P.

[Bluestube]

thats to bad:'(

R.I.P Bryan and Rick!

[XHAIL]

R.I.P

[Restlesscow]

RIP =(

[MonsterOfRock]

R.I.P. Bryan.

Now I'm really scared for Gilmour, Waters and Mason...

[RickGardiner]

That's horrible... hopefully it stops there for a while.
R.I.P.

[edbert]

yeah first Rick now Bryan...I am horrified at who's going to be next...

R.I.P.

[pinkfloydfish]

Alright, who put a curse on Pink Floyd?

RIP Bryan

[titsmcgee852]

Terrible

R.I.P

[Kelicon]

man... their dropping like flies now RIP Bryan and Richard

[Yoorai]

None of them has lived longer than 70 years, isn't it weird?

[This1GoesTo11]

Yoorai wrote:

None of them has lived longer than 70 years, isn't it weird?

Sad, but certainly not weird. Do you know how many cigarettes these guys smoked?

[theotherguy7145]

Yoorai wrote:

None of them has lived longer than 70 years, isn't it weird?

I'm surprised other Legends such as Alice Cooper, arn't dead! Its good that they're not, but considering all the drugs, cigs, and alcohol of the 70s and 80s....

RIP Bryan.

[DimeShadow]

Was never a huge fan but R.I.P. I can't say that I see people like Ozzy or Led Zeppelin living much longer, either.

[aldor177]

Yoorai wrote:

None of them has lived longer than 70 years, isn't it weird?

I hope the others will....

[*powerslave*]

R.I.P

I hope that death doesn't claim any more of Floyd anytime soon, the surviving members must be going through alot now with boths Ricks and Bryans death so close together

[Silentlassassin]

Well who knows... maybe certain drugs prolong your life under the right circumstance X.x

Ozzy-Alice-Richards- so yeah....

Who knows. But it is very sad to hear all this news about Floyd. A band I grew up on that I won't be able to see live. Thank god I saw Ozzy while I still had the chance >.<

Sucks being the newer POS generation. Take me to the 80's with Randy any day...

Very sad. R.I.P.

Kind of ironic how Richard Wright and Bryan Morrison died within a few weeks of each other.


CHECKED!

[break-me-in]

Anybody feel like this is some kind of horror film where someone's picking them off?

Really though, RIP.

[Ali-b912]

syd barrett's gone and played some serious black magic stuff on them all from whatever place he's in now.

R.I.P.

[RaDiOhEaDfAn121]

R.I.P

Don't want to think about who would be next to pass on.

[Limaj_daas]

R.I.P.

[Wakisazhi]

R.I.P.

Though I must say, maybe its a sign that we need the Floyd to reunite while they still can. Plus the world is pretty ****ing bleak right now, we need another Pink Floyd album (or the return of The Stone Roses, whichever comes first).

[i_am_metalhead]

Their keyboardist just died a few weeks ago... now their manager!?

[SoftParade1967]

=[

R.I.P. Bryan!

[weorge]

**** not another one, their dropping like flies, this is NOT good

[Engel22]

well as much of a shame as it is, at least he went in his sleep. and its a peaceful way to go

[The_String_Man]

R.I.P.
on a lighter note, gigs in heaven could never be more complete...

[crazy8rgood]

R.I.P. Brian, Rick, and Syd...

Lets hope that Gilmour isn't next...

[weorge]

am i the only one that sees the irony that rick wrights most famous work starts with the words 'imnot frightened of dying any time will do i dotn mind' it feels wird lsitenign to dead men talk about death.

[punkforlife93]

Damn, he's dead too? Pink Floyd are dropping like flies. Too bad, they're pretty awesome.

[T.Rextacy]

i thought it said he died because Syd Barrett bit his finger :p

[tubey69]

RIP one of rocks greatest managers

[demondown666]

RIP

[Cannibalhell666]

There is too many deaths this past year too many!!!!
R.I.P

[clapton-floyd]

The Floyd really need to go on a reunion tour, even if it's just the one, with no album or anything. The fans deserve it, we haven't heard the Floyd all together for years.

They're dropping like flies atm. R.I.P

[Pelectricity666]

Pink floyd better stop dying

[Widow6]

Album sales.

[therescue06]

r.i.p

[Rocker_94]

Pink Floyd guys are dropping like flies.

[sleepinthefire]

Seth Shadows wrote:

producing shitty music drops you quickly I hear.

Lets not be a complete dick now, k?

Thats too bad man. RIP Bryan

[ShadesOfNight]

thats just unfortunate. gotta feel sorry for the Floyd guys, losing to close friends within a few weeks.
RIP guys

[ShadesOfNight]

yeh....and by to i meant two. but it dont take a genius to work that out.

[kyleblackflag]

as sad as this all is i laughed when i read Wham!

[b-rock34]

No offense, but how the hell do you compare The Floyd to the Stone Roses? Maybe it's a British thang... I barely remember the Stone Roses and I couldn't even name a single song. They sure didn't do too well here in America. I remember MTV playing their video once and people trying to market them as the next big thing, but it never happened here.

On another note... you know what's weird... watermelon Jolly Ranchers. Seriously, those things taste so odd. I just had actual watermelon last night and it tasted nothing like the Jolly Rancher version. Just food for thought (literally).

RIP former Floyd manager...btw, I'm still bummed about Rick Wright.

[euan_soad]

Man. RIP That sucks

[edgeyyz]

Ali-b912 wrote:

syd barrett's gone and played some serious black magic stuff on them all from whatever place he's in now.

R.I.P.

Syd Barrett diied a couple years ago, not that recently.
Anyways it's a damn shame for both of them. RIP Rick and Bryan

[pootoob]

tha angel of death is pissed off at them...

Please don't die Waters!

and RIP man

[Tartarus]

Please stay alive Floyd

RIP

[JC13]

[quote=aig91]Very sad. R.I.P.

Kind of ironic how Richard Wright and Bryan Morrison died within a few weeks of each other.


CHECKED![/quote]

I don't really see how it's ironic at all, but it indeed does suck. RIP.

[Hasok]

RIP

[Bullethead]

Damn, This sucks

[PinkFloyd071]

RIP

[jambajews]

RIP

[kranoscorp]

Good luck managing The Great Gig in the Sky.

R.I.P.

[FuZzY(aus)]

that sucks
to many old awesome musos are dying out
it'll be jimmy page and john paul jones and the stones within a number of years
sucks

[StereoFlare]

It sure is a bad time to be associated with Floyd :|

[Captain_Useless]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

R.I.P. Bryan.

Now I'm really scared for Gilmour, Waters and Mason...

This.

checked.
RIP sir.

[dvd_dq]

We need to Learn from the rest of this geniuses of music before the pass away!! good music must be played again.
Seriously.

RIP those who recently passed away

[Zeppelin Addict]

aww man not another :S rip bryan

[Tele Echoes]

Sad to hear, although unless a coma is everything you could dream of it being, it was probably a pretty shitty way to be living. At least he never had to know he was dying, which is probably a rather peaceful way to go (unless a coma is your imagination, in which case you could actually be dying in the coma as well, having been eating by a 30 foot tall wizard).

BTW, I'm not making fun of the man, but rather trying to brighten the mood by giving comas the slap in the face they deserve, and secretly holding out hope that if I were ever to go into a coma, it would be a grand adventure.

[Martin259]

R.I.P.
Bryan.

[BonezShaker]

everyone that has to do with Pink Floyd is dying.....

[aadit]

R.I.P Bryan Morrison

[akhimakhi93]

sad...first rick and now bryan

[Andy2k64]

what a legend! RIP!

[clayonfire]

RIP Bryan
he managed a great band