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 singer of the legendary British band, author of "How Deep Is Your Love", has died of cancer after a long fight. Robin Gibb, lead singer of the legendary British pop music of the Bee Gees, died Sunday, May 20 at age 62 after a long battle against cancer, his family said. Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, the singer with the ethereal voice, peaked in the world of pop music in the '70s with titles like "How Deep Is Your Love," "Stayin 'Alive", and "Night Fever ".
Robin Gibb had surgery of the bowel 18 months ago for an inherited defect of intestinal including his twin brother Maurice was already dead at the age of 53 years, in 2003.
It was during this operation of the intestine that doctors had diagnosed as a tumor and cancer of the colon and liver. Back in public in February, Robin Gibb said his treatment had caused him a "dramatic improvement", raising hopes that his cancer was in remission. But since then his health had seriously deteriorated.
Tuesday launched a classic work. The singer had fallen into a coma in a hospital in Chelsea (North London) where he had been transported back after contracting pneumonia. He had however raised new hopes for recovery after a new remission.
Gibb was too ill to attend Tuesday launched its first classical work "The Titanic's Requiem," composed with his son Robin-John Gibb to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the largest liner in the world. The group had achieved record sales of over 200 million records since their inception in the 1960s.
Robin Gibb, one third of the Bee Gees, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his spokesman has confirmed in an announcement. Gibb has recently been sixty-two years. The family of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, disappointment pleasing to announce that Robin went to the great beyond these days after his long battle against bowel cancer and surgery," the statement said. " The family asked that their privacy is venerated in this very difficult time.
Two years ago, Gibb fought colon and liver cancer, but despite creating what is known as a "spectacular recovery", has recently developed a secondary tumor, difficult for a case of pneumonia. The singer was hospitalized in mid-April and fell into a coma in a goal, although the singer said later regained consciousness itself and communicated with family members.
Gibb was born in Manchester, England, in 1949, with his twin brother Maurice. (Maurice died in 2003 of complications from a twisting of the intestine. Mysteriously, Robin underwent surgery for constant medical journal in 2010) with his older brother, Barry, the brothers began harmonizing as a trio Australia, where the family moved in 1958. when the Bee Gees had some success in Australia - which has hosted a weekly selection, there is - it does not come until he returned to England and signed with manager Robert Stigwood. Robin is trembling, vulnerable voice was prominent in much of the first and most successful Beatles-eque group, with the "New York Mining Disaster 1941", "I Started A Joke", "Massachusetts", and "I must pass a message to you .
Although he looked and seemed the sweetest of the Bee Gees, Robin became the rebel of the family. In 1969, he and Barry are fighting for their song must be unique, and Robin, then 20, was declared "wards of the state" by his father when his drinking and partying perceived support of your life. "It happened so fast it tends to the loss of communication between us, Gibb recalled later. It was just crazy, really.
