![]() ![]() Chris is such a gentleman, and I met Gwyneth.’ He says he also met Noel Gallagher and that they’d arranged to have a curry together soon. He performed Stayin’ Alive to a blissed-out ovation. ![]() Like all siblings, the brother often argued, but, as barry says, they were incredibly closeĪ few months ago there was his rapturous appearance at Glastonbury with Chris Martin and Coldplay. I thought I was quite happy about fading away, but then the President of Columbia Records, Rob Stringer, came to see me and signed me and said: “We’re gonna move your ass!” And I thought: “Oh well, that’s OK.” So I’m back.’ ‘After Rob died I just sat moping around thinking that was the end of it and I would just fade away. ![]() He talks about the death of his brothers almost without prompting. The sole remaining brother, who turned 70 on Thursday, still looks leonine, with a full-ish mane of hair and thick beard. I meet the last surviving Bee Gee in his local Indian restaurant just around the corner from his rarely visited British family home in Beaconsfield (he has lived mainly in Florida for the past 20 years). And Barry, who has never spoken with such emotion about his loss, is clearly haunted by their deaths. All different forms of passing and for our mum, devastating.’īarry still has the leonine quality he has been famous for throughout his careerĪndy, the youngest Gibb brother, died in 1988 aged just 30 after years of drug abuse, Maurice died 13 years ago at the age of 53, and Robin died in 2012 at 62 after a protracted battle with cancer. Maybe that’s better than long and tortured? Which is what Robin went through. And Robin died from cancer at the age of 62 in 2012.īarry says: ‘Mo was gone in two days. There was further heartbreak in 2003 when Maurice, then 53, died in hospital after he suffered complications from a twisted intestine. His younger brother, Andy, a star in his own right but not part of the band, died aged 30 in 1988 after years of drug abuse. He says the loss of three of his brothers had a devastating effect on those left behind, including his mother, now 95. Barry, the oldest of the three Bee Gee brothers, also went on to enjoy success outside the band, most notably on Guilty, his duet with Barbra Streisand. He adds: ‘The biggest question of all is: is there life after death? I’d like to know.’Īs the Bee Gees, Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb’s catalogue of hits includes pop classics Jive Talkin’, Stayin’ Alive, Night Fever, How Deep Is Your Love and Tragedy. In a moving interview with The Mail on Sunday’s Event magazine today, Barry Gibb says he and his wife, Linda, have seen deceased bandmate Robin as well as younger brother Andy ![]()
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