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Title: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: sharon on April 15, 2012, 07:46:02 AM
Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/14/2747843/reports-robin-gibb-gravely-ill.html#storylink=cpy

The Associated Press

LONDON -- Former Bee Gee Robin Gibb is in a coma after contracting pneumonia, a statement on his official website said Saturday.

The statement, which confirmed media reports that the singer was gravely ill, said "we are all hoping and praying that he will pull through."

The Press Association news agency reported that family members including wife Dwina and brother Barry were at Gibb's bedside in a London hospital.

Gibb's publicist, Doug Wright, declined to comment, but Gibb's son has acknowledged that the 62-year-old musician is seriously ill in a hospital.

 ::snipping2::
Edit to fix subject line.  MB


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: seahorse on April 15, 2012, 07:03:49 PM
Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/14/2747843/reports-robin-gibb-gravely-ill.html#storylink=cpy

The Associated Press

LONDON -- Former Bee Gee Robin Gibb is in a coma after contracting pneumonia, a statement on his official website said Saturday.

The statement, which confirmed media reports that the singer was gravely ill, said "we are all hoping and praying that he will pull through."

The Press Association news agency reported that family members including wife Dwina and brother Barry were at Gibb's bedside in a London hospital.

Gibb's publicist, Doug Wright, declined to comment, but Gibb's son has acknowledged that the 62-year-old musician is seriously ill in a hospital.

 ::snipping2::
Edit to fix subject line.  MB

Thank-you, Sharon :(

Prayers for Robin Gibb.


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: MuffyBee on April 16, 2012, 11:33:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nREV8bQJ1MA&feature=related
Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven (Video)





http://www.youtube.com/v/nREV8bQJ1MA?version=3&hl=en_US


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: MuffyBee on April 20, 2012, 05:35:36 PM
http://www.eonline.com/news/bee_gees_robin_gibb_still_in_coma/310464
Bee Gees' Robin Gibb Still in Coma: Brother Barry Sang at His Bedside, Says Wife
April 20, 2012

Robin Gibb is not alone as he fights for his life.

The Bee Gees singer has been in a coma for the last week, and his wife Dwina Gibb tells Ireland's Impartial Reporter that family members been coming and going from his bedside, playing music and singing to "try to bring him back."

"His brother Barry, his wife Linda and son Stephen came over from America," says Dwina, who's been married to the disco-era hitmaker since the 1980s. "Barry was singing to him. Thousands of people are saying prayers every day."
 ::snipping2::


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on April 21, 2012, 03:51:14 PM
Coma-stricken Bee Gees star Robin Gibb shows 'flicker of life'

LONDON -- Stricken Bee Gee Robin Gibb was showing "flickers of life" in his brave battle to pull out of a coma.
 
A source close to the 62-year-old music legend, who slipped into unconsciousness last week, told The Sun there had been signs of him recovering Thursday night.
 
Loved ones have been playing music to try to stimulate a response and elder brother Barry Gibb even sang to him on a visit to his bedside.
 
The source said, "There were flickers of life from Robin. His eyes moved and there was an attempt at speech."
 
He added, "It was a good sign he is fighting hard for his life but he is certainly not out of the woods yet. The family have to remain very cautious."
 
Robin Gibb's wife Dwina and children Melissa, Spencer and RJ have been keeping vigil at his bedside at a private hospital in Chelsea, West London.  ::snipping2::


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/coma_stricken_bee_gees_star_robin_XepPNZn8Zwt63igR5No7SI#ixzz1shpj2UlY


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: sharon on April 22, 2012, 08:21:11 AM
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/22/2762001/spokesman-bee-gee-robin-gibb-wakes.html#storylink=misearch

Spokesman: Bee Gee Robin Gibb wakes from coma

The Associated Press

LONDON -- Robin Gibb's spokesman says the Bee Gees star has woken from a coma and is showing signs of recovery.

The 62-year-old singer fell into a coma last week after contracting pneumonia.

Doug Wright on Saturday said that Gibb had been able to nod and communicate with his family members, who have surrounded his bedside for almost his entire stay in a central London hospital.

 ::snipping2::



Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Nut44x4 on April 22, 2012, 02:52:37 PM
Get well soon Robin


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on April 22, 2012, 07:29:09 PM
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has advanced colorectal cancer and remains in intensive care after waking from a coma, his doctor said Sunday. The statement confirmed the exact nature of the illness afflicting the artist.
 
Dr. Andrew Thillainayagam said Gibb had recently caught pneumonia because he was weakened from chemotherapy and two operations.
 
The 62-year-old singer fell into a coma last week after contracting the pneumonia. Thillainayagam said that three days ago he had warned Gibb's family that he may not wake up. Instead, Gibb is now fully conscious and able to speak.
 
Thillainayagam said Gibb is still in intensive care and is "exhausted, extremely weak and malnourished." He is breathing with the help of an oxygen mask and needs intravenous feeding and antibiotics.
 
"It is testament to Robin's extraordinary courage, iron will and deep reserves of physical strength that he has overcome quite incredible odds to get where he is now," Thillainayagam said in a statement.  ::snipping2:: 


Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/doctor-bee-gee-robin-gibb-has-colorectal-cancer/article_30e06e9c-a7b5-5e66-8865-63610d060dce.html#ixzz1soYvBrsV


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: sharon on April 23, 2012, 02:06:25 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/22/showbiz/robin-gibb-health/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9

Gibb 'confounds' doctors by getting better
By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 5:43 AM EDT, Mon April 23, 2012

London (CNN) -- Singer Robin Gibb has "confounded" his doctors by emerging from a coma just days after they thought he might not survive it, his physician said Sunday.

Days ago, Bee Gees star Gibb was in a coma and battling pneumonia, the latest turn in health issues that include a recent battle with colon and liver cancer. Now he is "fully conscious, lucid and able to speak to his loved ones," Dr. Andrew Thillainayagam said in a statement.

"He is breathing on his own, with an oxygen mask. He is on intravenous feeding and antibiotics. He is of course, exhausted, extremely weak and malnourished. Our immediate goals are to ensure that Robin's swallowing mechanism is safe enough to allow him to eat and drink, and that he recovers enough strength to breathe effectively, without needing high levels of oxygen by mask."

When that happens, he may be moved out of the intensive care unit at the London Clinic, the doctor said.

 ::snipping2::


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on April 26, 2012, 07:56:25 PM
Robin Gibb is determined to stay alive

Robin Gibb told doctors he ''wants to live no matter what.''
 
The Bee Gees' star has colon and liver cancer, and doctors feared he could die after he contracted pneumonia and sipped into a coma, but his wife Dwnia says he has never stopped fighting.
 
In an interview with The Sun newspaper, she said: ''The doctors asked Robin if he wanted them to do everything in their power to save his life - or if he felt the time would come when enough was enough.
 
''He told them, 'There will never be a time when enough is enough. I want to live no matter what.''
 
Robin astounded doctors by waking up from his coma earlier this week, and is now able to chat with his family, including brother Barry and son Robert-John and breathe with the aid of a mask.  ::snipping2:: 


Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/2012/04/26/20120426robin-gibb-determined-stay-alive.html#ixzz1tC41eafy


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on April 27, 2012, 08:47:11 PM
http://www.robingibb.com/titanicrequiem


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: sharon on April 30, 2012, 12:14:20 PM
http://www.spinner.com/2012/04/30/robin-gibb-walk-again-coma/?icid=maing-grid7|maing6|dl6|sec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D156461

Robin Gibb: Bee Gees Singer Learning to Walk Again After Coma

62-year-old Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb is learning how to walk again after spending upwards of 10 days in a coma. The musical icon fell into a coma after a harrowing bout with both colon and liver cancer as well as pneumonia, which left many thinking he had only days left to live. After pulling through, Gibb still has to overcome his atrophied muscles, which have made it difficult for him to walk and to eat.

"He can't wait to go out into the garden with our dogs, Ollie and Missie," Gibb's wife told Hello! Magazine. "But it's going to be a long time before he's strong enough to do that.

"After being fed through a drip and lying in the same position for days, he has to learn to eat and walk again. We know he's very strong, though -- he has faced death and conquered it."

We wish Gibb the best in his recovery.


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on May 02, 2012, 06:44:09 PM
Robin Gibb to Learn to Walk + Eat Again

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb fell into a coma for around 10 days last month as he was battling cancer. Due to the coma, he will have to learn to walk and eat again. He had defied the odds by regaining consciousness to begin with, so that's a small price for the artist to pay. He is still alive and we're happy about that.

His wife Dwina told HELLO! that Gibb "can't wait to go out into the garden with our dogs, Ollie and Missie. But it's going to be a long time before he's strong enough to do that. After being fed through a drip and lying in the same position for days, he has to learn to eat and walk again. We know he's very strong, though – he has faced death and conquered it."
   ::snipping2:: 


http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/robin-gibb-to-learn-to-walk-eat-again/10071645


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on May 02, 2012, 06:46:24 PM
Robin Gibb wanted ice cream upon waking from coma

Robin Gibb asked for ice cream when he woke from his coma.

The ailing Bee Gees singer lost consciousness for 12 days after contracting pneumonia shortly after battling cancer and when he awoke, he admitted he was suffering from back pain but also requested his favourite foods.

His wife Dwina said: "Words are inadequate to describe how happy and exhilarated I felt [when he woke]. 'Hello, sweetheart', I said and have him a big kiss and a hug. Robin hen looked over at our son and mouthed, 'Hi RJ. My back hurts'.

"He'd been lying flat for 12 days so we called a nurse to move him into a more comfortable position. Then he pulled out his feeding tube and asked for a bowl of ice cream."

Robin's family tried to rouse the star from his coma by playing him music and Dwina revealed it was the star's favourite song from his new 'Titanic Requiem' album that made them realise he was aware of what he was hearing.

She explained to Britain's HELLO! magazine: "One of our favourite tracks, 'Distress', came on. It's a rousing emotive mass sung in Latin and as we played it, his EEG machine, which measures electrical activity in the brain, went mad.

"For us, this was a sure sign that he was responding. So I lifted up one of his headphones and asked, 'Robin, can you hear the music?'

"That's when his eyelids flickers and he looked at me. I couldn't believe it."  ::snipping2:: 



Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20120430/robin-gibb-ice-cream-120430/#ixzz1tkrcMtSg


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on May 09, 2012, 11:19:41 PM
Friend: Robin Gibb has 50-50 chance of recovering


Jim Dooley, former lead singer of British family band The Dooleys and a Gibb friend, told the paper, "It's 50/50 whether he comes through this but (wife) Dwina is a wonderful woman and she is giving him all the love and TLC you can give."

Dooley told the paper that Gibb, 62, is unable to speak due to a tracheotomy and is communicating by blinking.

"Dwina has said that because he spent so long in a coma there are a lot of things he will have to learn to do again if he comes through it. He will have to re-learn how to walk," Dooley said. "The plan is to get his strength up so he can resume chemotherapy treatment for his cancer."

Pope Benedict XVI reportedly is sending a special blessing for Gibb, Dooley said.

Dooley and Gibb have been working together for four years to raise money for the Bomber Command Memorial in London, a permanent memorial to honor the 55,000 Royal Air Force bomber crew members who died in World War II.  ::snipping2:: 

http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/09/11624291-friend-robin-gibb-has-50-50-chance-of-recovering?lite


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on May 10, 2012, 05:52:16 PM
Robin Gibb to undergo further chemotherapy
Doctors fear Bee Gee's cancer may have spread to his liver, according to singer's friend

Robin Gibb's illness continues despite a startling recovery from pneumonia, prior to which he spent more than a week in a coma. Doctors are now worried that the singer's cancer has spread to his liver, his friend Jim Dooley told the Daily Telegraph, and it is believed to be "50/50" whether the Bee Gee will come through.


More than two weeks after waking from his coma, Gibb is still in intensive care at a London hospital. Although his doctor said then that Gibb was "fully conscious, lucid and able to speak", the singer has reportedly undergone a tracheotomy and must currently communicate "by blinking his eyes", Dooley said. "The plan is to get his strength up so he can resume chemotherapy treatment for his cancer," he continued.   ::snipping2:: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/10/bee-gees-robin-gibb-chemotherapy


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on May 10, 2012, 05:54:36 PM
www.robingibb.com/home

The official website for Robin Gibb. Listen to the latest music, watch videos for free and keep up-to-date with all the latest news from Robin Gibb.


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on May 14, 2012, 02:07:39 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndyi8-cMJX4

BeeGees..1963


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on May 14, 2012, 03:55:58 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5taXY3hrOY&list=PL693666CB884BAF94&index=13&feature=plpp_video

BeeGees, 1960


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: MuffyBee on May 14, 2012, 08:50:23 AM
I hadn't seen these early performances.  Thank you Toler!  


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: cookie on May 14, 2012, 09:40:10 AM
The BeeGees rock!


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on May 16, 2012, 01:47:19 PM
Robin Gibb struggles to speak as cancer battle continues

Robin Gibb has not been able to speak for a week.
 
The Bee Gees singer is still battling colon cancer in hospital, and is only able to communicate by blinking his eyes, as he has a tracheotomy tube in his neck.
 
His wife Dwina and grown up sons Robin-John and Spencer remain at his bedside, and he is regularly visited by his showbiz friends.
 
Singer and close friend Jim Dooley told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: ''He can't speak at the moment because he has a tracheotomy, and he has to communicate by blinking his eyes.
 
''Dwina has said that because he spent so long in a coma there are a lot of things he will have to learn to do again if he comes through it.
 
''He will have to re-learn how to walk. It's 50/50 whether he comes through this but Dwina is a wonderful woman and is giving him all the love you can give.''
 
Robin, 62, has contracted pneumonia, but came out of a coma after 12 days last month, astounding doctors with his recovery.
 
Chemotherapy for his condition is on hold while he regains strength.


Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/2012/05/16/20120516robin-gibb-struggles-speak-cancer-battle-continues.html#ixzz1v3Vcqb5M


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: Toler on May 16, 2012, 11:30:05 PM
I hadn't seen these early performances.  Thank you Toler!  

Aren't they so cute Muffy. When you have time  ::MonkeyDevil::  this is a great series on youtube. But they don't make it easy to locate all 13...well worth the search though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpdJuQDO86M&feature=related

And Yeah, cooks, they rock!! I'm in my 70s [how the hell did that happen??] and still blast their music.


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: San on May 20, 2012, 06:55:35 PM
Robin Gibb, Bee Gees Co-Founder, Dead at 62

Singer had been battling cancer for years

(http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/story/robin-gibb-bee-gees-co-founder-dead-at-62-20120520/1000x600/main.jpg)

By David Browne

May 20, 2012 6:35 PM ETRobin 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 1958. Although the Bee Gees had some success in Australia – they hosted a weekly variety show there – they didn't truly arrive until they returned to England and signed with manager Robert Stigwood. Robin's quivering, vulnerable voice was featured prominently on several of the group's earliest and most Beatles-eque hits, including "New York Mining Disaster 1941," "I Started a Joke," "Massachusetts," and "I've Gotta Get a Message to You."

Although he looked and sounded like the meekest Bee Gee, Robin grew into the family rebel. By 1969, he and Barry were feuding over whose song should be singles, and Robin, then 20, was declared a "ward of the state" by their father when his drinking and partying seemed to take over his life. "It happened so fast that we lost communication between us," Gibb later recalled. "It was just madness, really."

 ::snipping2::

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/robin-gibb-bee-gees-co-founder-dead-at-62-20120520#ixzz1vS9o9ju7


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital
Post by: San on May 20, 2012, 07:01:29 PM
REST IN PEACE ROBIN GIBB


http://www.youtube.com/v/RRNTQvXSsfA?version=3&hl=en_US


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: San on May 20, 2012, 07:11:01 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/EmI4Qh03IKM?version=3&hl=en_US


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: San on May 20, 2012, 07:24:19 PM
Robin in the middle

(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120414114445-bee-gees-03-horizontal-gallery.jpg)

(CNN) -- Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other hits from the 1970s, died on Sunday, according to a statement on his website.

He was 62.

Gibb "passed away today following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery," said the statement, which was attributed to his family.

Diagnosed with colon and liver cancer, Gibbs had been in a coma as he battled pneumonia earlier this spring, representative Doug Wright said.


Doctors believe that Gibb had a secondary tumor, Wright said April 14, confirming a news account in the U.K. newspaper The Sun. Gibb had emergency surgery in 2010 for a blocked bowel and then had more surgery for a twisted bowel, Wright confirmed.

The only surviving member of the three Bee Gees is brother Barry, 65.

 ::snipping2::
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/showbiz/robin-gibb-dies/index.html


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: Toler on May 20, 2012, 07:58:07 PM
So very sad to see this, San. R.I.P dear, sweet Robin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oT0DrF2F6c&feature=related


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: texasmom on May 20, 2012, 10:31:19 PM
 :cry:

Rest in Peace, Robin.   ::MonkeyAngel::

Thanks for the videos and links San and Toler, that opened the door and I've just gotten lost watching and singing along with so many that I've loved for years and years.

The music will live on...he will not be forgotten. 


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: sharon on May 21, 2012, 07:55:11 AM
RIP Robin  ::MonkeyAngel::

Thank you for The Brothers Gibb

:-(



Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: sharon on May 22, 2012, 11:12:26 AM
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/thingstodo/2012/05/robin_gibb_remembered_in_south.html



Robin Gibb remembered in South Florida

By Ben Crandell May 22, 2012 08:09 AM

Robin Gibb performs his timeless hit about memory and mortality, "I Started a Joke."


Away from the spotlight, longtime Miami Beach residents Robin and Barry Gibb, opposites in temperament and creative impulses, had a relationship that was extraordinary even for two brothers.

“They had a magical connection,” said John Merchant, veteran producer and engineer at the brothers' Middle Ear Inc. recording studio in Miami Beach.

Robin Gibb, who with Barry and twin Maurice was one-third of the global pop superstar trio the Bee Gees, died on Sunday of complications from cancer at age 62.

Merchant began at Middle Ear as an intern in 1988, and through 2004 worked on many late-career Bee Gees albums, including “One,” “Size Isn't Everything,” several live recordings and projects produced by the brothers for the likes of Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand.

robin-gibb-miami-300.jpgThe brothers were competitive and approached songwriting from very different angles, Merchant said from his home in Nashville. Robin wanted a pop groove, Maurice was interested in sophisticated textures, and Barry focused on the message in the lyrics. Their fights were legendary.

“Sometimes Barry would go off left of center and Robin would go: ‘That's not a hit.' And I'd say ‘Oh, dear,'” Merchant recalled, with a laugh. “But they always found a way to work it out. They had an expression they learned from their father: ‘Let's put a kettle on.'”

Also legendary was Robin's wicked sense of humor, which often came in the form of “shockingly filthy” jokes, Merchant said. Robin was also a prolific doodler, again usually working in a profane motif, with the brothers' record company bosses a frequent target.

“I still have to smile when I think about it,” Merchant said.

 ::snipping2::


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: Toler on May 23, 2012, 08:38:33 PM
Heart Like Mine... Barry Gibb pays tribute to his late brother Robin Gibb with a touching video montage

Barry Gibb has paid tribute to his late brother Robin Gibb by putting together a video montage.
The 65-year-old Bee Gees singer posted a link on his Twitter account to the YouTube clip which is entitled 'Bodding' and according to reports it was Robin's nickname.
The heartfelt compilation is laid over the band's song Heart Like Mine and it begins with photograph of their parents wedding.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2148827/Barry-Gibb-pays-tribute-late-brother-Robin-Gibb-touching-video-montage.html

Link to youtube vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf7HbY_lafk


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: San on May 25, 2012, 10:55:28 PM
Thanks Toler.  I like seeing those personal videos.


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: Toler on May 27, 2012, 03:30:35 PM
The secret fourth Bee Gee: The heartache of the unknown Gibb sister who turned down fame

She called herself the fourth Bee Gee - but with a difference, only the most devoted fans know she even exists.
Lesley Evans, 67, has stayed in behind the scenes for most of the band's career - apart from one amazing performance standing in for her brother Robin at a sell-out gig in 1969.
As Lesley faces life with her only remaining brother Barry, 65, she has revealed some of her memories growing up in one of the most famous families in the world, and how she once came Robin's rescue, saving his life.  ::snipping2:: 


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2150678/The-secret-fourth-Bee-Gee-The-heartache-unknown-Gibbs-sister-turned-fame.html#ixzz1w6FOUYXz


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: Toler on June 08, 2012, 01:45:21 PM
'Now they're together': Surviving Bee Gee Barry Gibb bids farewell to the last of his brothers at Robin's funeral
June 8 '12

Barry Gibb placed a red rose on brother Robin's coffin as he bid farewell to his last surviving sibling.
The 65-year-old singer, the only remaining member of the Bee Gees, and gripped his wife Linda's hand as he watched his brother's burial today.
Robin, who died on May 20 after a long-running battle with cancer aged 62, was buried this afternoon at St Mary's Church in his hometown of Thame, Oxfordshire.

In an emotional tribute, Barry spoke of Robin's 'magnificent mind and his beautiful heart'.

With a trembling voice, the singer told the congregation: 'Life is too short. In Robin's case, absolutely too short.  ::snipping2:: 


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2156432/Robin-Gibb-funeral--Bee-Gees-singers-family-friends-turn-bid-final-farewell.html#ixzz1xDzBH3ki


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: MuffyBee on June 08, 2012, 01:51:42 PM
Rest in peace, Robin.   ::MonkeyAngel::


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: MuffyBee on June 08, 2012, 11:00:09 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-207_162-10012572.html
Robin Gibb's funeral
June 8, 2012

Photo gallery with 16 images.


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: Toler on July 25, 2012, 01:51:32 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-haPMRMHVaY&feature=relmfu

enjoy!


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: MuffyBee on July 25, 2012, 07:59:48 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-haPMRMHVaY&feature=relmfu

enjoy!


Thank you Toler!   :smt035   :smt034  :smt035 


Title: Re: Robin Gibb in coma with pneumonia in hospital -RIP Dead at Age 62
Post by: Toler on December 19, 2012, 12:21:42 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=mz3CPzdCDws