After my latest annual happy birthday wishes to Pink Floyd’s iconic Dark Side of the Moon, MarkB sent along a link to David Gilmour and his daughter Romany singing Wish You Were Here at an impromptu appearance at an open mic night in a local pub. That was in September 2024. Shortly after MarkB sent the video, I was telling some friends about it and one asked me how old Romany was. I didn’t know but said I thought she was in her early twenties.
The next day, I decided to look it up and discovered to my horror that Romany had passed away in February 2025. She was only 22. My heart goes out to Gilmour and his wife Polly Samson. I can’t imagine the pain of losing a child like that.