Bee Gees disbanded when Maurice Gibb died suddenly in at the age of just Sadly, Robin Gibb also passed away in , leaving only Barry Gibb alive today. Barry was the second eldest of five Gibb siblings, and he's now 75 years old. Since the death of his brother Robin, Barry has launched a solo career and has occasionally performed Bee Gees songs live by himself and with family members. In , Gibb released a solo album titled In the Now , described as a country-inspired pop album.
Gibb told Billboard he was actually "ready to quit" music after the deaths of his brothers, but he eventually regained the desire to write new music as a solo artist. Their younger brother Andy Gibb died aged just 30 in after battling drug addiction and depression for many years. Barry Gibb was knighted by Prince Charles for services to music in See more More from the Bee Gees.
Barry Gibb. See more Must Read on Smooth. By , the Bee Gees found a new home in Miami and a new sound in disco, and with it, a career resurgence that culminated in their soundtrack album to the film Saturday Night Fever. The album ranks as the 20th best-selling of all time , according to Business Insider , and it catapulted the group to absolute superstardom.
Though the band continued to produce hits in the '80s, the rapid decline of disco and splintering interests among its members ultimately meant that the Bee Gees moment in the sun had by the end of the Me Decade. And really, little in the year-old's life has changed since his time in the band. He still lives in the Miami mansion that he moved to in , according to a recently published interview with The Guardian.
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