Stephen Sanders Knight (May 12, 1935 – January 19, 2013) was an American musician best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Mountain from 1969 until his departure in 1972.
In 1950, his father became a professor at Columbia University and moved the family to New York City.
[2] The band enjoyed a great deal of recording and touring success in the early 1970s including 3 gold albums,[1] but called it quits in 1972.
In 2007 Knight chose not to seek a third four-year term, instead choosing to focus on his personal life including several music projects.
Knight died on January 19, 2013 in New York of complications from Parkinson's disease at the age of 77.