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Events on Monday 15 September 2008 3
2008Zimbabwe election crisisDisputed presidential vote and power-sharing dealRobert Mugabe lost the first round of Zimbabwe's presidential election on 29 March 2008 but refused to concede, and violence forced his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai to withdraw from a runoff. Regional pressure led to a power-sharing agreement signed on 15 September 2008.
2008Lehman Brothers collapsesGlobal financial crisis beginsLehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 15, 2008, triggering the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression. The $600 billion bankruptcy was the largest in US history.
2008Richard Wright dies -- the last hope of reunion fadesRichard Wright dies of cancer on 15 September 2008, aged 65. His death ends any remaining possibility of a full Pink Floyd reunion. Wright had been the most musically gifted of the four founders -- his keyboard playing, chord voicings and harmonic sense are the emotional centre of the band's sound, most evident on 'The Great Gig in the Sky,' 'Us and Them' and 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond.' Gilmour says: 'The world is a lesser place without him.' Waters, after years of not speaking to Wright, calls the family to express his condolences.