Maurice tragedy is end of Bee Gees
by TANIA SHAKINOVSKY, Daily Mail
Maurice Gibb's death means the end of the Bee Gees, his twin has revealed.
Robin Gibb says he and older brother Barry have decided they cannot continue performing under the name.
The decision contradicts Barry's words, days after the singer's death, when they vowed to continue the group as a tribute to him.
But Robin told GMTV's Lorraine Kelly, in a pre-recorded interview due to be screened this morning: 'Anything (Barry and I) do, we will do together, but it'll be as brothers and not under the name of the Bee Gees - that will be reserved in history as the three of us. We don't want to be the Bee Gees again. I think me and Barry have agreed to that.
'I think we'll be whatever we want to be together, but we wouldn ' t use the name because the Bee Gees to us was the three brothers, and in Maurice's name we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees any more.'
The 53-year-old star said he and Barry will continue to produce music, adding: 'I think the important thing is that we go forward for Maurice. Maurice would want that.'
Gibb died nine days ago in a Florida hospital after surgery to correct a twisted bowel and a blockage in his small intestine.
Robin and 56-year-old Barry have questioned the treatment their brother received.
Together, the three brothers formed the fifth best-selling act in history. They started in the Fifties and found fame in the Sixties with their distinctive close-harmony singing.
Their disco soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever in 1977 and its sequel Stayin' Alive in 1983 confirmed their status as perennial superstars.
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