‘Dream Weaver’ Singer Gary Wright Lifeless at 80 After Well being Battle

Gary Wright has died after an extended battle along with his well being … TMZ has realized.

Justin Wright, Gary’s son, tells us his father handed away Monday morning at his dwelling in Palos Verdes Estates, CA — which is within the South Bay. We’re instructed he’d been identified with Parkinson’s about 5 or 6 years in the past, in addition to Lewy physique dementia shortly thereafter.

Gary’s Parkinson’s progressed quickly over the previous yr, and Justin says his dad ultimately misplaced the power to maneuver round and communicate. Over the previous few days, we’re instructed, nurses who had been working at Gary’s dwelling instructed the household he was coming into his last chapter.

His household and family members had been by his facet on the time of his dying — phrase of which has already began to unfold within the music world, together with to singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop.

Bishop posted 2 pictures of him and Gary, including … “The connected photographs maintain valuable reminiscences from the very first and final time we shared the stage collectively, alongside our mutual musical pal John Ford Coley. Gary’s vibrant character and distinctive expertise made each second collectively really gratifying. His legacy will dwell on for a few years to return.”

He provides, “I’ll at all times cherish the heat and kindness proven to me by Gary and his spouse Rose, and I’ll endlessly maintain pricey the tales he shared with me about days passed by. My heartfelt condolences exit to his household, associates, and followers throughout this troublesome time.”

Gary will, maybe, finest be remembered for 2 huge songs he churned out within the mid-Nineteen Seventies — “Dream Weaver” and “Love is Alive” — however his catalog goes nicely past simply that.

He ended up producing 12 totally different albums relationship again to 1970 … to not point out a ton of compilations and collaborations he did with different musicians. One of many well-known partnerships he was part of for some time was with none aside from former Beatle George Harrison.

Gary served because the keyboardist on George’s album “All Issues Should Go” and is credited with serving to out on different solo songs of George’s too. George returned the favor for one among Gary’s albums, having labored on “Footprints.”

Gary has completed quite a bit for music usually — he is also referred to as one of many first mainstream artists to introduce the synthesizer in pop … which has turn into a staple within the biz in the present day.