Posted on 01/13/2003 5:39:00 AM PST by TLBSHOW
Bee Gees question brother's treatment
The brothers of the Bee Gee Maurice Gibb are seeking answers about his treatment in hospital in Miami. Gibb died on Sunday at the age of 53 when his condition deteriorated following a heart attack.
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Barry and Robin Gibb said they were perplexed as to how their brother had been admitted with a stomach blockage - and then apparently died from another illness.
It's like a nightmare that you wake up to every day
Robin Gibb
In an emotional state soon after Maurice's death, the brothers said they were "devastated" and "completely pole-axed" by their loss and paid tribute to the "most sweetest, generous" man.
Barry Gibb confirmed he had not been present at the Mount Sinai Medical Centre for many of the key moments of his brother's treatment and said he had been told much of what he knew second-hand.
Fans were shocked at the singer's death But he said: "We will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life.
"We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on."
Rapid action
The hospital said it could not comment because of the protocol of patient privacy.
Barry Gibb said he had been told Maurice had been admitted to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon after feeling unwell, been kept in overnight and suffered a cardiac arrest at 0400 local time .
He said he had been told the doctors had decided to take rapid action and had found the ill star was suffering from a "twisted intestine" which could have been a "birth defect". He said 80% of his intestines had then been removed.
Brother Robin paid tribute to his brother as "a very gifted man".
The Bee Gees will not disintegrate because we've lost Mo
Barry Gibb
"We're both devastated. We've actually been in shock for the last few days since Maurice was taken ill, and so this has all gone too fast for us.
"I still can't come to terms with it now. It's just almost like a dream. It's like a nightmare that you wake up to every day.
"It's going to take a long time even just for it to sink in.
"He was the most sweetest, generous of people you could ever meet."
Immediate presence
Barry added: "He was an extrovert and he would always be the person, he would never walk into a room, Maurice.
"Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate."
He insisted the band would continue with just himself and Robin.
"Maurice will be a void, always in our lives and he will always be featured as the third member of the Bee Gees, no matter what we do.
"But one thing I will tell you is that the Bee Gees will go on. The Bee Gees will not stop here. The Bee Gees will not disintegrate because we've lost Mo."
Robin and Barry Gibb talk to the BBC "We're taking a lot of strength from each other"
True. My wife was a fan of the Bee Gees long before Saturday Night Fever. She feels that SNF wasn't there best work by a long shot.
Music is timeless. Entertainment is fleeting, temporary and disposable. Many people confuse the two.
My wife is a surgeon and she sweats through a lot of these types of operations. She'd much rather do a hip replacement. She always worries for the patient when it's the bowel (she worries for the patient always- but you know what I mean). So easy to get serious infection when the bowel is involved. She's always a little taken aback when parents bring their wee kids in demanding an operation or acting like an operation is just like pulling a tooth. People want general anesthetic for minor procedures. It's crazy. Some people die from anesthetic alone. It's fairly rare, but it happens.
Surgery's dangerous. Whether you're rich or poor, young or old- I don't believe it serves anybody well to call any surgery "routine" or to assume that the doctors can always fix whatever ails you. I understand these brothers' grief and they'll certainly want to ask questions- but I don't think they do themselves any good by walking into the situation assuming there might have been a cock-up somewhere when their brother had such a serious condition to begin with (and an obstructed bowel is serious).
I'm blamin it all on those nights on Broadway
They lost me with SNF.
His new single "Please" and the track list for his new CD has now been released! Here are the song titles:
Please
Wait Forever
Wish You Were Here
No Doubt
Special
Inseparable
Don't Rush
Watching You
Earth Angel (Another) Lonely Night In New York
Love Hurts
release dates for the single are:
13 January:
Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, UK
February, 2003: Asia, Australia/New Zealand, rest of Europe
Spring, 2003: United States
Now its time for me to get back to the matters at hand slamming the rat racist democrats!
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