Robin Gibb reportedly battling crippling stomach condition

Robin Gibb reportedly battling crippling stomach condition
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb’s brave battle against crippling illness
by Tom Bryant, Daily Mirror 25/10/2011



ROBIN GIBB looks gaunt and frail as he battles a crippling stomach condition.

The 61-year-old Bee Gees star's emaciated appearance shocked fans in London yesterday.

Worried friends told last night of Robin’s courageous daily battle against his agonising illness, which has plagued him for nearly two years.

The singer has twice been admitted to hospital after collapsing at his Oxfordshire mansion with severe abdominal pains.

And in August last year he had life-saving surgery for a blocked intestine – the same condition that led to the death of his twin Maurice in 2003.

A close pal said last night: “Robin is not well. But he has always been a trouper and is determined to fight this. He is a very brave man indeed.”

Yesterday Robin was forced to cancel a meeting with David Cameron at No 10 because he was in so much pain. He later appeared on ITV’s Alan Titchmarsh Show, where his appearance drew gasps from the audience.

His most recent health scare came just 12 days ago, when he was rushed to Oxford’s John Radcliffe hospital from his £8million home in Thame in “excruciating” pain.

Hospital chiefs later issued a statement saying he was being treated for inflammation of the colon. They added: “He would like to thank all his friends and fans for their good wishes and sends them his love.”

Robin was allowed home four days later and kept concerned fans updated about his condition on his website.

His devoted wife Dwina was by his bedside every day in hospital and his son Spencer, 38, was reported to have flown over from America to help look after him.

The teetotal and vegan star, who was born in the Isle of Man, pulled out of all work commitments in wake of his hospital stay – including a BBC Songs Of Praise concert. He had been due to promote a Poppy Appeal charity single with The Soldiers, a new version of the Bee Gees hit, I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You.

Yesterday he had planned to meet David Cameron in Downing Street to talk about the charity song but pulled out. Instead he went on the Alan Titchmarsh Show to plug the appeal in person.

Robin, said to have a fortune of around £110million, has been plagued with ill-health in recent years.

After his emergency surgery last year to remove part of his intestine, it was revealed that if his condition had not been dealt with so promptly he could easily have died.

“It was a shock,” he said. “I was told my intestine could have burst at any time and I could be dead within half an hour.”

Earlier this year, ill-health also forced him to cancel a tour of the US and Brazil.

As the Bee Gees, brothers Robin, Maurice and Barry Gibb were one of the most successful bands of all time, selling 100 million records.



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