Richard “Rickey” Wright
DOB Unknown – February 19, 2009
Rickey Wright was a music journalist who was often praised for his vast knowledge of music trivia. Over the course of his career, he wrote for amazon.com, Virginian-Pilot, USA Today, Seattle Weekly, Washington City Paper, and more. In 1999, Wright won the Rhino Records Music Aptitude Test, earning him free Rhino CDs for the rest of his life. He was reportedly working on a book about John Lennon’s “Imagine” at the time of his death. Prior to his work in print, Wright worked in radio. Rickey Wright was 45 when he died of a stroke on February 19, 2009.