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Who were the Bee Gees' wives? Barry, Maurice and Robin’s relationships explained

11 February 2025, 16:51

From 55-year-long love stories to short-lived celebrity pairings, here’s everything you need to understand about the Gibb brothers’ dating histories.

Bee Gees brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb wrote many hugely well-liked love songs over the years, as well as their other disco hits.

But how popular were they with the ladies?

Well, after a little experimentation on a celebrity internet dating show in their late-teens, all three of the brothers successfully found wives.

Not every relationship was built to last, however.

Read on to discover more about the Bee Gees’ complicated cherish lives...

Who is Barry Gibb’s wife?

Barry Gibb has been married to Linda Gray since September 1970.

The 'Stayin' Alive' singer met the former Miss Edinburgh winner on the place of Top of the Pops in 1967, where she was hosting the show for one week only.

Barry told The Sun in 2021 that he caught Linda’s eye from across the studio, and the two went on to pursue each other that evening – even having “a bit of a cuddle” in Medic Who’s TARDIS which was in another part of

Robin Gibb facts: Bee Gees singer's wife, children, songs and death explained

12 June 2024, 17:00

Robin Gibb was one third of one of the greatest and most successful pop bands ever, the Bee Gees, alongside his brothers Barry and Maurice Gibb, singing such hits as 'How Intense Is Your Love', 'Tragedy' and 'Night Fever'.

From his decades of success as a writer for artists such as Barbra Streisand and Dolly Parton, to his years of performing and producing hit records with brothers Barry and Maurice in the Bee Gees, Robin Gibb was a true icon of pop music.

But who was his wife and where was he born? Here's all the important facts about the legendary artist.

  1. Who was Robin Gibb?

    Bee Gees - Massachusetts (One For All Tour Live In Australia 1989)

    Robin Gibb was an English singer, songwriter and producer, best known for being in the Bee Gees with older brother Barry and twin brother Maurice.

    He also had his have successful solo career, releasing several albums over the decades.

    The Bee Gees have sold over 200 million records worldwide, becoming one of the most successful pop groups of all time.

    Robin was also President of the Heri

    Bee Gees turned the underground gay and Black disco movement mainstream, then paid the price

    The Bee Gees — brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — became pop idols in the after time 1960s and then mega stars in the 1970s. They sold 200 million records. Robin and Maurice were twins and Barry was three years older, but they often said it felt like they were triplets. 

    With their fame and riches came drugs, jealousy, in-fighting, and the death of their younger brother Andy Gibb, who was 30 when he died from a drug-related heart attack.

    Maurice and Robin have died since then, departing just Barry, now 74 years old. 

    Barry Gibb is the centerpiece of a new documentary about this family called “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart,” out now on HBO Max.

    Director Frank Marshall says he approached the documentary as an examination of brotherhood and family. When the Gibbs first formed the band and lived in Brisbane, their father Hugh was their manager and helped produce their first demos. Once they moved to England, businessman Brian Epstein discovered the trio and introduced them to Robert Stigwood, who later became the band’s manager. 

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    Robin Gibb's Unconventional Family

    April 19, 2012 — -- As Bee Gee Robin Gibb remains gravely ill in a coma, his passionate wife, Dwina Gibb, has remained steadfastly at his bedside.

    The couple once avowed their open marriage -- he fathered a youngster with their former housekeeper and she openly stated her preference for women -- but their adore and loyalty for one another is still noticeable after 28 years.

    "However absurd their relationship may emerge, there's never any interrogate that they are very, very bonded," writer and film professor David N. Meyer, who is writing an unauthorized biography on the Bee Gees, told ABCNews.com. "He has relied on her in a number of ways. She is no joke to him. Their love for one another is very tight."

    "They are an example of a very new family -- maybe a little too modern," Us Weekly's music editor Ian Drew told ABCNews.com. "They are both very skilled souls, very open-minded. They get each other and they get a pummel out of each other."

    Their lifestyle, though, has raised more than a several eyebrows -- most recently, in 2009, after Robin, 62, fathered a neonate girl, Snow Robin Gibb, with the