Sunday, 12 January, 2003, 06:16 GMT
Bee Gees singer dies

Bee Gees star Maurice Gibb has died in a Miami hospital at the age of 53, his family have confirmed in a statement.
The singer had suffered a heart attack during emergency surgery for an intestinal blockage.

Friends and family including twin brother Robin Gibb rushed to be at his bedside.

Maurice had briefly regained consciousness and recognised a number of relatives, but his condition later deteriorated.

www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/enter...650117.stm

:eek2: dude man. that sucks.

Originally posted by MaRtInA_GuRL
:eek2: dude man. that sucks.

Yeah, that does suck. My mom loves the Beegees.

I posted about Maurice in another thread. Sorry about that. I didn't see this post first. :crying: Rest in Peace Maurice Gibbs.......... :crying:

That's a shame...RIP.

Band: 'Bee Gees' Name Died With Gibb

Jan 22, 11:46 AM (ET)


LONDON (AP) - The Bee Gees name died with Maurice Gibb, one of the surviving band members said Wednesday.

Robin Gibb said he and older brother Barry would no longer use the name under which they and their brother Maurice performed for more than 30 years.

"Anything we do, we will do together, but it'll be as brothers - not under the name of the Bee Gees, that will be reserved in history as the three of us," Robin Gibb told Britain's GMTV television show.

But, he said, the surviving siblings would continue to make music. "I think Maurice would want that."

Maurice Gibb died Jan. 12 at 53 after suffering a heart attack prior to undergoing emergency surgery for an intestinal blockage.

Robin Gibb said the death of his twin brother was like "losing your soul mate."

The brothers formed the Bee Gees - short for the Brothers Gibb - in the 1960s and recorded a string of No. 1 hits, selling more than 110 million records

They became a falsetto-voiced disco sensation during the 1970s with hits from the movie "Saturday Night Fever," including "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever."