Robin Gibb (Bee Gees) passed away

Chris_Lover · #1 05-20-2012, 06:31 PM

Four days ago we have lost Donna Summer for a cancer.
Today for the same disease and pneumonia we lose Robin Gibb, founder of Bee Gees. He was only 62 and had been battling colon and liver cancer since 2010. Last month he woken up from a coma, and he said he was "determined to stay alive".
Gibb's mother (Barbara, 91 years old) said family is cursed after her youngest son Andy died of heart trouble in 1998 at the age of just 30 years old and Robin's fellow Bee Gees star Maurice passed away in 2003 at the age of 53 from complications following surgery to treat a twisted intestine.
It's another sad news we have to read, another victim of this bastard illness, another music icon we have lost forever. We are loosing to many great singers. Rest in peace, Robin Gibb.

#2 05-20-2012, 06:53 PM

The last I heard was that his prognosis was good. So, am a little surprised but not completely shocked. Was shocked and saddened over Donna Summer, since her illness was kept a secret.

Andy Gibb has been gone a lot longer than 1998. I believe, offhand, it was most likely 1988 when he died. He's been gone quite a long time.

BombaySapphire3 · #3 05-20-2012, 07:05 PM

God rest his soul..things like this usually come in threes sorry to point out.

Macfanforever · #4 05-20-2012, 09:12 PM

Will thats shocking I did not know about Robin being sick.This year has been a bad year for every one.

bucklind17 · #5 05-20-2012, 09:33 PM

Robin has one of my absolute favorite voices in music. I discovered the Bee Gees the same way I did Fleetwood Mac, just a few months earlier, thanks to VH1's Artist of the Month and they've been a favorite ever since. I knew this was on the horizon, but it still saddens me because he's one talented dude and has made some incredible music in his lifetime. I still get sad that Maurice passed away so young because you know The Bee Gees would still be doing their thing otherwise.

Here's my favorite Robin vocal, from a lesser known Bee Gees tune. He only sings the chorus but it's fantastic.

Macfanforever · #6 05-20-2012, 09:47 PM

Here's some videos of the Bee Gees.RIP Robin..

Complete concert video.

ironman_01701 · #7 05-21-2012, 04:15 AM

And the lights all went out in Massachusetts, and Massachusetts is one place I have seen.

I will remember Massachusetts. and I will remember you Robin.

From Massachusetts ironman_01701.

GODDESS6 · #8 05-21-2012, 05:33 AM

& then there was one~ godspeed robin~ bee gees were a big part of my childhood~ glad your suffering is over, my heart breaks for your family~
RIP

PolishStevieFan · #9 05-21-2012, 06:36 AM

It's so sad to read news like this, especially when one considers how many talented and influential people have already passed away this year (Etta James, Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Adam Yauch). The Bee Gees have always been my mother's favourite band and I remember how I bought her "The Very Best of Bee Gees" album as a christmas present. With the deaths of Summer and Gibb, two of the most important Disco acts, certainly, the era is over.

Silver Springs · #10 05-21-2012, 04:14 PM

"Tributes to Robin Gibb have continued with Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick and Ringo Starr sending their condolences.

The Bee Gees singer died yesterday aged 62. He had battled cancer for some time and a host of stars have revealed the influence his music had on them.

Stevie, who collected the Billboard Icon Award yesterday, is confident Robin's work will continue to inspire people for years to come.

"We lose people every day. The thing about losing singers [is that] we have their voices, we have their talent and [their legacy] is going to last beyond our lifetime," he told ET.

Beatles legend Ringo Starr paid tribute to Robin, revealing he was influenced by his group's hits.

"Robin will be remembered as a musician and as a singer and part of The Bee Gees,' he explained. 'The legacy they'll leave behind is Staying Alive, the harmonies and just the songs that they've written."

Motown star Gladys Knight fondly remembered Robin as 'very talented and family-orientated'. She also recalled his generosity and kindness.

Lisa Marie Presley wishes more of the world's greatest music stars were celebrated before their death.

"I think that people should be a little more honoured before they go," she explained to ET. "It's incredible once they're gone to [tribute them] but a lot of times they don't know. It gets to a point where we don't always give them what they need... It's sad that it has to happen afterwards."

Dionne, whose hit Heartbreaker was written by The Bee Gees, had been impressed by Robin's down-to-earth and fun loving nature.

"He was wonderful. He was a jokester. He had an incredibly witty sense of humour and was fun to be around. All three of them were sensational gentlemen first, just fun loving guys,' she is quoted as saying by the BBC. "What was most attractive to me was how grounded they were. I think a lot of it has to do with their sense of family and being together as a family.

"They loved each other very strongly and showed it, and it was a joy to be around it.'

Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks also revealed her sadness at the death of another music icon this year.

"RIP Robin Gibb. The soundtrack of my wonder years is vaporising one artist at a time with these iconic musical losses lately," she said."

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