The last surviving Bee Gees star, Barry Gibb has a unique love story with his beauty queen wife. His marriage of 52 years saved him from his brothers’ fate.
He is a spiritual person and prays a lot for his whole family—he knows what really matters after achieving stardom.
Gibb has 5 kids and 7 grandchildren, and some of them are musicians like him!
Barry Gibb is the last surviving brother of the family that made up the pop band, Bee Gees. Gibb was the main songwriter of the trio and was joined by his brothers, Robin and Maurice Gibb, who died in 2003 and 2012, respectively.
Their younger brother Andy Gibb charted a successful solo career in the 1970s. Andy was just 30 when he died of a heart condition made worse by years of drug abuse. His death was the first taste of tragedy for the family.
Following Andy’s death, their father, who doted on him, died a few years later. In 2003, Maurice died at the age of 53 from a twisted intestine, and nine years later in 2012, Robin, then 62, died of cancer.
Gibb, the eldest of the brothers, is the last man standing. Looking back to the early days, Gibb fondly recalls his life with his brothers at the height of their success. He said:
“I still always see the four of us together, it was always brothers battling for attention. I never stop thinking about those days and their characters.”
The songwriter remembers fondly that Robin was always being funny, and that Maurice was the outgoing one of the bunch. When they were together, they would naturally begin writing songs and singing in harmony.
Losing Andy was difficult. The three who were left behind constantly felt off, like something important was missing. After Robin and Maurice passed, Gibb was left devastated. His companions were gone and what was left was the music and the memories.
The Scottish beauty and the Australian singer got married later that year and are together to this day.
The deaths of his brothers made Gibb an overly cautious person. Fixated on the fact that life is fragile, he admits to being terrified of everyday tasks like boiling a kettle or driving at a fast speed. The singer, who is also afraid of fire, avoids any activity that he deems too risky, like riding on a rollercoaster.
The singer has been married to his beauty queen wife, Linda Gray, for 52 years. They met in 1967 at a recording of the music show “Top of the Pops.” The Bee Gees were on hand to perform their hit song “Massachusetts,” while Gray was the hostess of the week. Speaking of the day they met, Gibb said:
“When we first saw each other I thought it was love at first sight. I thought then, ‘That is the...
