Click over to Billboard for their photo essay on this year's passings in the pop music world. Donna Summer, Whitney Houston, Adam Yauch, Don Cornelius, Davy Jones, Robin Gibb, Etta James, Dick Clark...and on and on. I can't remember the last time to many huge names died in the same year.
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The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb apparently amassed a huge fortune during his celebrated career with the band and as a solo artist. The legendary singer passed away at the age of 62 after losing his battle with cancer back in May. Show More Summary
War veterans behind the Bomber Command Memorial say they face financial ruin after a funding shortfall leaves them liable for more than £500,000.
Late Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb fronted a five-year campaign to secure funding for the memorial from both public and private donations. Show More Summary
The Daily Mail has a report on documents recently released under a Freedom of Information Act request that reveal the paranoia and substance abuse going on with Robin Gibbs around the time of his seriously acrimonious split with Molly...Show More Summary
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter Late Bee Gees legend Robin Gibb had a shocking past that was buried deep in FBI files until his death earlier this year, and RadarOnline.com has learned that drug-induced delusions sparked the singer's...Show More Summary
“New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones)” Written by Barry and Robin Gibb (1967) Performed by Bee Gees Getty Images The Music When the Bee Gees debut US single was released in April 1967, a lot of people thought it was The Beatles masquerading as another band. Even the name [...]
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According to newly released documents, the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the late Robin Gibb after an alleged death threat was made against the law firm representing Molly Hullis, Gibb's wife for 12 years...Show More Summary
The four-track release for Pet Shop Boys' latest single Winner includes the below tribute to Bee Gees vocalist Robin Gibb, who died of colon cancer in May. While Neil Tennant's plaintive voice seems quite well suited for this song, I'm afraid it doesn't approach the beauty of Gibb's anguish-drenched original. Available now on iTunes.
“Winner”, the lead single from Pet Shop Boys‘ upcoming album Elysium (out September 11), is officially released this week as a digital EP that contains three B-sides: “A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi”, “The Way Through The Woods” and “I Started A Joke”. Vocalist Neil Tennant told PopJustice that “A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi”... More »
Beyonce often feels the inspiration to blog when she’s emotionally moved by another artist — she took to her official site to post heartfelt tributes to Donna Summer, Robin Gibb and Whitney Houston when news broke of their deaths. This weekend, the pop star found a more positive reason to write on her site: she posted... More »
What do Dick Clark, Robin Gibbs and Rodney King have in common (other than having all passed away this year)? Hordes of Twitter users don't know who they are. [ more › ]
Robin Gibb's wife has opened up about her grief for the first time since the Bee Gees star's death last month, revealing she sleeps with...
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THAME, England (AP) -- Surviving Bee Gee Barry Gibb lamented the loss of his brother, telling mourners on Friday that he would miss Robin Gibb's "magnificent mind and his beautiful heart."
He said Robin's death...Show More Summary
LONDON — Crowds are lining the streets of a southern English town as a horse-drawn carriage pulls the coffin of Bee Gees star Robin Gibb...
The Grim Reaper is gaining speed as he picks off the makers of the music that so impressed us in our impressionable years. In recent weeks Levon Helm of The Band and Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees have passed...
This has been a tough year for losses in the music world. For this week’s Friday Mix Tape, Marc Millman has selected a song a piece from many of those who have passed over the first five months of 2012.
Robin Gibb (1949-2012): The Bee Gees – I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
They became the Kings of Disco. Show More Summary
What in the world!?! We've seen some tacky magazine covers in our day, like this one of Newsweek's haunting Princess Diana, but Globe really knows how to take the cake!! Capitalizing on Robin Gibb and Donna Summer's tragic deaths, the tabloid actually has the audacity to ask which celebrity will die next! And we know [...]
Billboard‘s new Top 200 album chart shows the first full effects of sales of Bee Gees LPs following the death of member Robin Gibb on May 20. (Gibb passed away on a Sunday, which is the day Billboard uses as the cut-off for weekly chart data.) The publication noted yesterday that the Bee Gees sold... More »
Robin Gibbs funeral service will be held on June 8th in Great Britain, for close family and friends only, according to a statement released on behalf of his family.
A private service will take place June 8.