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Pink Floyd mogul's death was accident
Paul Cheston, Courts Correspondent9 Jan 2009
THE millionaire former manager of Pink Floyd died accidentally after falling from a polo pony during a tournament, a coroner ruled today.
Bryan Morrison had been in a coma for two years after the 2006 fall at the Royal Berkshire Polo Club, which he founded.
The 66-year-old music mogul suffered a severe head injury and died in September last year after developing pneumonia. At a hearing in Windsor, coroner Peter Bedford recorded a verdict of accidental death.
Mr Morrison, who made his £90 million fortune publishing music by artists including Sir Elton John, the Bee Gees and Wham!, discovered Pink Floyd during the Seventies and later became their manager.
He took up riding when he was 29 and went on to found the club at Winkfield, near Windsor, where Prince Charles is an honorary member.
