| *NOTE* Warner Music Group (WMG) is the exclusive owner of the following copyrighted content: Bee Gees "Run To Me" (1972) May 20, 2012 Bee Gees Singer Robin Gibb Dead at 62 from battle with cancer. Robin Gibb -- one-third of the Bee Gees, the pop group that stood at the forefront of the disco era with its "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack -- died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, according to a family spokesman. The singer-songwriter was 62. Although past reports said Gibb was battling liver cancer, for a long time Gibb did not acknowledge that publicly. More recently, a spokesman confirmed that cancer was at the root of Gibb's health problems. He had seemed to be making what he called a "spectacular" recovery from surgery to remove a growth from his colon. Then, in March, he was hospitalized for intestinal surgery. The Bee Gees --- Robin, Maurice and their older brother, Barry --- had a four-decade pop career that was a roller-coaster ride marked by huge successes, a devastating crash from popularity, and a couple rounds of reinvention. They began in Australia as young followers of the lush sounds of the Beatles in the 1960s, then flourished as champions of disco in the '70s, mixing those beats with their established three-part harmonies. A decade before 1977's "Saturday Night Fever," which cemented their reputation forever, they had a string of huge hits worldwide, some of which featured Robin's plaintive vocal style. PHOTOS: Robin Gibb | 1949-2012 Closely ... |
