PLEASE NOTE THE EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />Robin Gibb, who with his brothers Barry and Maurice formed the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, has died aged 62, his official website said on Sunday (May 20).<br/> <br />The singer had been battling colon and liver cancer.<br/> <br />The Bee Gees achieved superstardom in the 1960s and 1970s with a string of catchy love ballads and disco hits including "Stayin' Alive", "How Deep Is Your Love" and "Night Fever".<br/> <br />The combination of the movie "Saturday Night fever," starring John Travolta as the white-suited dancefloor king Tony Manero, and the Bee Gees' accompanying hits, helped launch the disco phenomenon over the world.<br/> <br />The band achieved album sales of up to 200 million copies, putting them in the same league as the likes of the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd.<br/> <br />John Russell, Reuters.
