Robin Gibb, one of the last members of the iconic familial pop group the Bee Gees, died Sunday. He was 62.

"The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce with great sadness that Robin passed away today following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery," his rep said in a statement. "The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time."

Along with his twin Maurice and brother Barry, Gibb formed the Bee Gees (in part, to stand for the Brothers Gibb), and together they recorded decades of hit songs, including the iconic Stayin' Alive.

In October 2011, the Songwriting Hall of Famer fell ill with intestinal problems and was taken from his home near Thame, England, to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford for tests and treatment for inflammation of the colon, his rep said.

His wife Dwina – with whom he had a son, Robin-John – said at the time that she was "desperately worried" about his health, given the Gibb family history of gastrointestinal problems. Robin's twin Maurice died of intestinal complications in 2003.

Gibb left the hospital four days later. In mid-April 2012, he was in a coma, the result of pneumonia, and yet rallied and regained consciousness more than a week later.

Despite being best known for the songs like Stayin' Alive that helped make the 1977 John Travolta movie Saturday Night Fever such an enduring hit (and its soundtrack a 15-time platinum seller), Gibb and his brothers' career had started a decade earlier.

Then, rather than Barry's falsetto vocals, it was Robin's pitch-changing vibrato that was the early lead voice in the group.

滬江娛樂快訊：英國知名兄弟樂隊(duì)Bee Gees主唱Robin Gibb因癌癥去世，享年62歲。BeeGees組合由Barry Gibb、Robin Gibb與Maurice Gibb三兄弟組成，他們被國外媒體譽(yù)為“史上最成功及最完美的三重唱”，共獲得過7次葛萊美大獎(jiǎng)，原聲音樂大碟全球銷量突破2億張。代表作有70年代推出的的士高歌曲《How Deep Is Your Love》、《Stayin' Alive》等。《Stayin' Alive》還在熱門英劇《神探夏洛克》中被用作莫里亞蒂的手機(jī)鈴聲。

三弟Maurice Gibb是樂隊(duì)中的低音結(jié)他手及琴鍵手，2003年因腸部阻塞而要做緊急手術(shù)，期間因心臟病突發(fā)病逝，終年僅53歲。主唱Robin Gibb患有腸癌和肝癌，經(jīng)過兩次大手術(shù)后，在2012年4月昏迷了一星期，但于4月22日蘇醒，能夠點(diǎn)頭并與家人交流。醫(yī)生表示他靠“堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的意志”蘇醒過來近乎奇跡。但終于近日不治，因病離世。?