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Events on Saturday 7 July 2001 1
2001 – 2006Syd Barrett dies -- the ghost is finally at restSyd Barrett dies on 7 July 2006 at his home in Cambridge, aged 60, from complications of diabetes. He has lived quietly in Cambridge since the early 1980s, painting, growing vegetables and living on his Pink Floyd royalties under his birth name Roger Barrett. His death is mourned worldwide. Pink Floyd releases a statement calling him 'the architect of our band.' His influence -- on Barrett-era Pink Floyd, on David Bowie, on the entire British psychedelic tradition -- is incalculable. His breakdown and its aftermath remain one of rock music's most haunting stories.