USA/FILE: BEE GEE MAURICE GIBB IN A CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION AFTER UNDERGOING EMERGENCY SURGERY IN MIAMI

Record ID: 645657

  • Title: USA/FILE: BEE GEE MAURICE GIBB IN A CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION AFTER UNDERGOING EMERGENCY SURGERY IN MIAMI
  • Date: 10th January 2003
  • Summary: MIAMI, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 10, 2003) (REUTERS) VARIOUS: EXTERIORS OF MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTRE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (4 SHOTS) CU: WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM HOSPITAL VARIOUS: GATED COMMUNITY WHERE GIBB BROTHERS LIVE (6 SHOTS)
  • Embargoed: 25th January 2003 12:00
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  • Location: MIAMI, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES AND FILE
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz
  • Reuters ID: LVA5LXEUU7UYMH9SJGVM5EVUG4SU
  • Story Text: Maurice Gibb of the famed 1970s group the Bee Gees was
    in a critical but stable condition in a Miami hospital on
    Friday after surgery for an intestinal blockage.


    Maurice Gibb, 53, underwent emergency surgery on
    Thursday night, and was being treated in
    intensive care at Mount Sinai Medical Centre.

    "Maurice has undergone surgery for an intestinal blockage.

    He is in a critical condition in intensive care. We are
    awaiting a full medical prognosis ... but everyone is very,
    very worried," a spokesman for his twin, Robin, said in a
    statement.

    Maurice plays bass and keyboard for the group, whose name
    is short for the Brothers Gibb.

    The Bee Gees -- Maurice, Robin and their older brother
    Barry -- have lived in South Florida since the late 1970s.

    Their younger brother, Andy, who had a successful solo
    career, died in 1988 at age 30 from a heart ailment.

    Known for their close harmonies and original sound, the Bee
    Gees are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and their
    1977 contributions to the "Saturday Night Fever" album made
    it the best selling movie soundtrack ever. Among their disco
    hits on that album are "Stayin' Alive," "More Than a Woman"
    and "How Deep Is Your Love."
    They also had hits in other genres, including the haunting
    "New York Mining Disaster 1941" and "I Started a Joke."
    The group won seven Grammy Awards together. The Bee Gees
    last album was in 2001, entitled "This Is Where I Came In."
    The Bee Gees run a music production company in Miami called
    Middle Ear Studios.
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