<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I think there is some natural law of physics that prevents most <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>incredible</SPAN></SPAN> artists from living pass the age of 68. Just two days ago I was listening to the Bee Gees. </SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Donovan J. Arnold<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<DIV><SPAN>Courtesy of today's (May 21, 2012) Spokesman-Review.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>-----------------------------------</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17); FONT-SIZE: 14px" class=yiv339536539Apple-style-span>
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<DIV><SPAN>Singer, songwriter felled by cancer</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>In this 1979 photo, the Bee Gees, from left, Maurice, Robin and Barry Gibb sing at a concert in Miami.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>LONDON – With his carefully tended hair, tight trousers and perfect harmonies, Robin Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Barry, defined the disco era. As part of the Bee Gees – short for the Brothers Gibb – they created dance floor classics like “<SPAN id=misspell-1 class=mark>Stayin</SPAN> Alive,” “Jive <SPAN id=misspell-2 class=mark>Talkin</SPAN>’ ” and “Night Fever” that can still get crowds onto a dance floor.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>The songs, with their falsetto vocals and relentless beat, are familiar pop culture mainstays. There are more than 6,000 cover versions of Bee Gees hits.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Robin Gibb, 62, died Sunday “following his long battle with cancer and intestinal
surgery,” his family said in a statement released by his representative.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>The Bee Gees, born in England but raised in Australia, began their career in the musically rich 1960s but it was their soundtrack for the 1977 movie “Saturday Night Fever” that sealed their success. The record became one of the fastest-selling albums of all time.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Despite financial success, Robin Gibb and his brothers endured repeated tragedies. Maurice died suddenly of intestinal and cardiac problems in 2003. Their younger brother Andy Gibb, who also enjoyed considerable chart success as a solo artist, had died in 1988 just after turning 30. He suffered from an inflamed heart muscle attributed to a severe viral infection.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Robin Gibb took care of his health and, at the time of his death, was a vegan who did not drink alcohol.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>The Bee Gees sold
more than 200 million records and had a long string of successful singles, making their way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>“Saturday Night Fever” – actually a compilation album including songs by other performers – represented the pinnacle of Gibb’s career, but he enjoyed more than 40 years of prominence as a Bee Gee, as a solo artist, and as a songwriter and producer for other artists.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>The Bee Gees consisted of Barry Gibb, the eldest, and twins Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb. Their three-part harmonies became their musical signature, particularly in the disco phase, when Barry’s matchless falsetto often dominated, and they were renowned for their wide-ranging songwriting and producing skills.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>After several hits and successful albums in the late ’60s and early ’70s, the brothers were at a low point when they went into a studio to try to
come up with some songs for the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack at the urging of promoter Robert <SPAN id=misspell-3 class=mark>Stigwood</SPAN>.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>The success of those tunes changed their lives forever, giving them a string of number one hits.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>After several years of chart success, the Gibbs spent much of the 1980s writing songs and producing records for other artists, working closely with top talents such as Barbra Streisand, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and Dolly <SPAN id=misspell-4 class=mark>Parton</SPAN>. They also continued touring and releasing their own records.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>The band continued in the 1990s, and were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>One of his final projects was “The Titanic Requiem,” a classical work he co-wrote with his son Robin-John, that the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra premiered in April to mark the 100<SPAN id=misspell-5 class=mark>th</SPAN> anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Gibb is survived by his second wife, <SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>Dwina</SPAN>, and four children, as well as his older brother Barry, and his sister Lesley Evans, who lives in Australia.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>© Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>---------------</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN>In this 1979 photo, the Bee Gees, from left, Maurice, Robin and Barry Gibb sing at a concert in Miami.</DIV>
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<DIV>"Massachusetts" by the Bee Gees</DIV><SPAN class=yiv339536539Apple-style-span><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWYefe9EzI" rel=nofollow target=_blank></A><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWYefe9EzI" rel=nofollow target=_blank></A><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWYefe9EzI" rel=nofollow target=_blank></A><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWYefe9EzI" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XWYefe9EzI</A></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>"<SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>Stayin</SPAN>' Alive" by the Bee Gees</DIV><SPAN class=yiv339536539Apple-style-span><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3b9gOtQoq4" rel=nofollow target=_blank></A><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" rel=nofollow target=_blank></A><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" rel=nofollow target=_blank><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=</A></A></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by the Bee Gees</DIV><SPAN class=yiv339536539Apple-style-span><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv1ZKJU6-rc" rel=nofollow target=_blank></A><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv1ZKJU6-rc" rel=nofollow target=_blank><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv1ZKJU6-rc" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv1ZKJU6-rc</A></A></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>"To Love Somebody" by the Bee Gees</DIV><SPAN class=yiv339536539Apple-style-span><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N42bYLoaZho" rel=nofollow target=_blank><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N42bYLoaZho" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N42bYLoaZho</A></A></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Rest well, Robin.<BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Tom Hansen</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Moscow, Idaho</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>"If not us, who?</SPAN><BR><SPAN>If not now, when?"</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>- Unknown</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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