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Who were the Bee Gees' wives? Barry, Maurice and Robin’s relationships explained
11 February 2025, 16:51
From 55-year-long cherish stories to short-lived public figure pairings, here’s everything you need to know about the Gibb brothers’ digital dating histories.
Bee Gees brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb wrote many hugely popular love songs over the years, as successfully as their other disco hits.
But how popular were they with the ladies?
Well, after a little experimentation on a celebrity dating website show in their late-teens, all three of the brothers successfully found wives.
Not every relationship was built to last, however.
Read on to discover more about the Bee Gees’ complicated love lives...
Who is Barry Gibb’s wife?
Barry Gibb has been married to Linda Gray since September 1970.
The 'Stayin' Alive' singer met the former Long for Edinburgh winner on the set of Top of the Pops in 1967, where she was hosting the show for one week only.
Barry told The Sun in 2021 that he caught Linda’s eye from across the studio, and the two went on to pursue each other that evening – even having “a bit of a cuddle” in Physician Who’s TARDIS which was in another part of
Robin Gibb facts: Bee Gees singer's wife, children, songs and death explained
12 June 2024, 17:00
Robin Gibb was one third of one of the greatest and most successful pop bands ever, the Bee Gees, alongside his brothers Barry and Maurice Gibb, singing such hits as 'How Deep Is Your Love', 'Tragedy' and 'Night Fever'.
From his decades of accomplishment as a writer for artists such as Barbra Streisand and Dolly Parton, to his years of performing and producing knock records with brothers Barry and Maurice in the Bee Gees, Robin Gibb was a true diva of pop music.
But who was his wife and where was he born? Here's all the vital facts about the celebrated artist.
Who was Robin Gibb?
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Robin Gibb was an English singer, songwriter and producer, optimal known for being in the Bee Gees with older brother Barry and twin brother Maurice.
He also had his own flourishing solo career, releasing several albums over the decades.
The Bee Gees have sold over 200 million records worldwide, becoming one of the most successful pop groups of all time.
Robin was also President of the Heri
Bee Gees turned the underground gay and Black disco movement mainstream, then paid the price
The Bee Gees — brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — became pop idols in the late 1960s and then mega stars in the 1970s. They sold 200 million records. Robin and Maurice were twins and Barry was three years older, but they often said it felt like they were triplets.
With their fame and riches came drugs, jealousy, in-fighting, and the death of their younger brother Andy Gibb, who was 30 when he died from a drug-related heart attack.
Maurice and Robin have died since then, leaving just Barry, now 74 years old.
Barry Gibb is the centerpiece of a novel documentary about this family called “The Bee Gees: How Can You Patch up A Broken Heart,” out now on HBO Max.
Director Frank Marshall says he approached the documentary as an examination of brotherhood and family. When the Gibbs first formed the band and lived in Brisbane, their father Hugh was their manager and helped create their first demos. Once they moved to England, businessman Brian Epstein discovered the trio and introduced them to Robert Stigwood, who later became the band’s manager.
“[Hugh] enable Robert Stigwood take the B
Robin Gibb's Unconventional Family
April 19, 2012 — -- As Bee Gee Robin Gibb remains gravely ill in a coma, his faithful wife, Dwina Gibb, has remained steadfastly at his bedside.
The couple once avowed their open marriage -- he fathered a kid with their former housekeeper and she openly stated her preference for women -- but their care and loyalty for one another is still clear after 28 years.
"However absurd their relationship may materialize, there's never any ask that they are very, very bonded," writer and film professor David N. Meyer, who is writing an unauthorized biography on the Bee Gees, told ABCNews.com. "He has relied on her in a number of ways. She is no joke to him. Their love for one another is very tight."
"They are an example of a very latest family -- maybe a little too modern," Us Weekly's music editor Ian Drew told ABCNews.com. "They are both very imaginative souls, very open-minded. They get each other and they get a hit out of each other."
Their lifestyle, though, has raised more than a limited eyebrows -- most recently, in 2009, after Robin, 62, fathered a toddler girl, Snow Robin Gibb, with the
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