PINK Floyd legend Dick Parry left just £50,000 to his family when he died aged 83.
The saxophonist played on some of the band’s biggest and most iconic tracks – including Money, Us and Them and Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
Dick parry playing on stage with Pink Floyd in 2002 Credit: Getty
Pink Floyd saxophonist Dick Parry who died aged 83 in May this year left an estate worth just £50,000 Credit: Getty
But probate records show Parry died without a will, leaving an estate worth £50,741, the Daily Mail reports.
His grant of probate states he had £53,341 in the UK before debts and other liabilities were taken into account.
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That was reduced to £50,741 after those liabilities were deducted from his estate.
The sum is a fraction of the vast fortunes amassed by Pink Floyd’s best-known stars.
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David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, with Dick Parry on saxophone Credit: Getty
Dick parry joins Pink Floyd on stage to perform Dark Side of the Moon in 1972 Credit: Getty
Pink Floyd lead guitarist David Gilmour was ranked as being worth £115million by The Jattvibeday Times Rich List in 2018.
That made his fortune more than 2,000 times the value of Parry’s final estate.
Roger Waters, who quit Pink Floyd in 1985 having co-founded the band and been its bass guitarist, is now said to be worth around £160million.
Parry, from Kentford, Suffolk, died in May this year after a remarkable career spanning more than five decades.
He reportedly married and divorced three times during his life, and left behind three children from his marriages.
He had two children with his first wife Gwen and another with his third wife, Millie.
The musician died from undisclosed causes and left no will, meaning his estate will be divided between his relatives under the rules of intestacy.
Yet despite never officially becoming a member of Pink Floyd, Parry was far more than a hired session player.
His saxophone became woven into some of the band’s most famous recordings and live performances.
He also enjoyed a lifelong friendship with Gilmour, with the pair having first met and struck up a friendship as teenagers.
Gilmour announced his Parry’s death in a social media tribute, sharing a photograph of the pair playing together at a Saturday morning children’s film show in a Cambridge cinema in 1963.
Paying tribute, Gilmour wrote: “His feel and tone make his saxophone playing unmistakable, a signature of enormous beauty that is known to millions and is such a big part of songs such as Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Us and Them and Money.”
Parry was born in Kentford in 1942 and spent his youth in Cambridge, where his passion for music soon became clear.
By the mid-1960s he was playing saxophone with local band Soul Committee, gaining valuable experience on the Cambridge music scene.
It was during those early years that he became friends with Gilmour, who was then playing with another Cambridge group, Jokers.
The pair remained close as their careers developed, with Gilmour eventually becoming one of rock’s biggest stars after joining Pink Floyd in 1968.
And when the band needed a saxophonist for what would become one of the most important albums in music history, Gilmour knew exactly who to call.
In 1973, he recruited Parry to play on The Dark Side of the Moon, which went on to become a worldwide sensation.
The album has sold more than 50million copies and remains one of the defining records of the progressive rock era.
Parry’s saxophone was particularly memorable on Money, with his blistering solo becoming one of the track’s most instantly recognisable moments.
He also played on Us and Them, adding the rich, haunting saxophone lines that helped give the song its distinctive atmosphere.
Parry returned to work with the band on Wish You Were Here in 1975, playing on the eight-part song Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
