However, he returned to the UK in 1967 aged nine, while his older brothers started to find international fame.Īndy Gibb's success as a singer proved to be relatively brief due to struggles with drug addiction and depression.īy early February 1988, he had appeared to have beaten his drug addiction, and was ready to begin recording new material for a new album. His family emigrated to Australia when he was aged six months old.
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Read more: Watch the Bee Gees first TV appearance as kids in 1960Īndy was born on Main Manchester, and was the youngest of five children of Barbara and Hugh Gibb. He came to international fame in the late 1970s, with six singles that reached the Top 10 in the US. Here are all the big facts about Andy Gibb:Īndy Gibb was an English singer and teen idol, and the youngest brother of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, aka the Bee Gees. (Pictured L to R: Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy Gibb).However, he struggled with personal issues throughout his life, and passed away at a young age, making us wonder what could have been for the youngest Gibb brother. Robin Gibb revealed that he warned Andy Gibb that his lifestyle would kill him just three days before the youngest Gibb collapsed and died. We had the same birthmarks," Barry Gibb (left) said of his little brother Andy Gibb (right). What doesn’t kill you toughens you, but you just don’t expect a 30-year-old to die, regardless of their habits."īarry Gibb recalled Andy's zest for life and childlike exuberance: “He was a boy,” he said.
Robin added: “In 15 years, my mother lost Andy, then she lost dad and then Maurice. Even after drinking water he didn’t look right." I used to play tennis with him and I’d noticed that by the second or third set he would become very red in the face. "He had this heart condition which we didn’t know about. “We knew that Andy was in bad shape – he had some bad substance habits – but we never thought we would lose him," Barry continued. THE BEE GEES How Can You Mend A Broken Heart Trailer The Bee Gees announced Andy Gibb (pictured) would be officially joining their group as the fourth Bee Gee in 1988, but the youngest Gibb died just months later. It was a rainy night and I was stood there with an umbrella and I said, ‘Andy, if you keep up what you’re doing, you will not see 47.’ I don’t know why I said 47 and not a rounded figure. He said: “That conversation still haunts me.
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