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Title: Robin Gibb, Co-Founder Of Bee Gees, Dead At 62 Post by: Allhallowsday on May 20, 2012, 08:15:34 PM Robin Gibb, Co-Founder Of Bee Gees, Dead At 62
By David Browne May 20, 2012 6:35 PM ET http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/robin-gibb-co-founder-bee-gees-dead-62-230940374.html#more-id (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/robin-gibb-co-founder-bee-gees-dead-62-230940374.html#more-id) Robin Gibb, one-third of the Bee Gees, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his spokesperson has confirmed via a statement. Gibb was 62 years old. "The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce with great sadness that Robin passed away today following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery," reads the statement. "The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time." Two years ago, Gibb battled colon and liver cancer, but despite making what he called a "spectacular recovery," a secondary tumor recently developed, complicated by a case of pneumonia. Gibb was born in Manchester, England, in 1949, along with twin brother Maurice. (Maurice died in 2003 of complications from a twisted intestine; eerily, Robin had surgery for the same medical issue in 2010.) Along with their older brother Barry, the brothers began harmonizing as a trio in Australia, where the family moved in ... http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/robin-gibb-co-founder-bee-gees-dead-62-230940374.html#more-id (http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/robin-gibb-co-founder-bee-gees-dead-62-230940374.html#more-id) Title: Re: Robin Gibb, Co-Founder Of Bee Gees, Dead At 62 Post by: tracy on May 21, 2012, 01:50:55 PM Rest in peace,Robin....now there is no more pain. This is one of my favorite Bee Gees songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5um3B3V4jlQ Title: Re: Robin Gibb, Co-Founder Of Bee Gees, Dead At 62 Post by: JaseSF on May 21, 2012, 02:39:28 PM R.I.P. Robin Gibb. The Bee Gees provided some beautiful music. Thanks for your part in that.
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