Jazz pianist Butch Thompson (www.butchthompson.com) was a good friend of Gordon (www.butchthompson.com/pages/news.html) and recently dedicated one of his concerts to Gordon's memory.

His wife, Mary Ellen Thompson, has created a slide show of Gordon, which can be viewed at: http://homepage.mac.com/urania51/PhotoAlbum20.html

New York Times article:
Gordon Wright, Founder of Arctic Chamber Orchestra, Dies at 72 ... Gordon Wright was a conductor who championed obscure composers and made music across the chilly climes of Alaska as founder of the Arctic Chamber Orchestra.

Anchorage Daily News:
Conductor would have liked his last ride
GORDON WRIGHT: Well-known Alaskan dies of natural causes on the front porch ... The body of Gordon Wright was found by friends Wednesday night on the front ...

Anchorage Daily News:
In memoriam: Gordon Wright, 1934-2007 Many wonderful sharings written by others in response to Mike Dunham's article in the Anchorage Daily News.

LA Times article:
Gordon Wright, 72; conducted Arctic, Fairbanks orchestras - Los ... Gordon Wright, 72, former conductor of the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra, was found dead Wednesday on the front porch of his cabin near Anchorage.

San Diego Union Tribune:
This is a reprint of the February 23, 2007 NY times article by Daniel J. Wakin in the San Diego Union Tribune http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070223/news_1m23wright.html

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner article by Mary Beth Smetzer February 16, 2007:
"Orchestra founder, environmentalist Gordon Wright dies"

Dermot Cole's February 17th article in the Fairbanks News-Miner
On and off stage, Wright conducted a life rich with inspiration

Dermot Cole's March 30th article in the Fairbanks News-Miner
Alaskans gather Saturday to honor Wright in word and song

This is the Associated Press Obit:
http://obits.nj.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=12553

An opinion article in the Feb. 28th Homer News by Michael McBride. McBride shares Gordon's environmental side. http://www.homernews.com/stories/022807/oped_7001.shtml

Written by Eric Asimov for the February 27th contribution to the New York Times Dining and Wine section. Gordon and beer! Nice pictures, too. http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/mountain-man-of-the-world/

Blog entry by Phillip Bush, who writes about music, art and culture in the Midlands of America. http://phillipbush.blogstream.com/v1/p2.html

This is the AP obituary showing up in the Boston Globe February 15, 2007 http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/02/15/obituaries_in_the_news/