Robin Hugh Gibb, was born on December 22, 1949,
in the Isle of Man, best known as a member of the Bee Gees,
co-founded with his twin brother Maurice and older brother Barry.
Their younger brother Andy was also a singer. In September 2008,
Gibb recorded the Bee Gees classic "I've Gotta Get a Message
to You" with British Army men The Soldiers for a charity single
in the UK, it was produced with his son Robin John Gibb
and the video for which was produced by Vintage TV. On March 10, 1988,
younger brother Andy died in Oxford, England, of myocarditis. On January
12, 2003, twin brother Maurice died in Miami Beach, Florida, of
complications from a twisted intestine. In March 2012, Gibb was
hospitalised for intestinal surgery and cancelled scheduled appearances
while recovering. In April, however, he contracted pneumonia and fell
into a coma. Although he came out of his coma later in April, his
colorectal cancer had advanced and he died in London on May 20, 2012 at
the age of 62 from liver and kidney failure.
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