Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group The Bee Gees, died Sunday, May 20. He was 62. 
The Bee Gees, formerly known as The Brothers Gibb, pose in front of a Rolls Royce showroom in 1967. 
The Bee Gees pose in London in 1967. From left to right, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, drummer Colin Peterson and Maurice Gibb. 
The Bee Gees with a bear skin rug. 
Robin Gibb, left, and brother Barry at London's Heathrow Airport in 1967. 
The Bee Gees walk down a New York City Street in 1968. From left to right, bassist Vince Melouney, Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and drummer Colin Peterson. 
Singer Barry Gibb poses just after winning a Beau Brummell award for best-dressed personality in Britain. 
From left to right, brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb in 1970. 
Maurice, Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees in 1973. 
Robin Gibb sings on stage during a concert in London in 1975. 
Robin, Barry and Maurice do a promotional shot for director Michael Schultz's Beatles tribute film, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," in 1977. 
The Bee Gees pose with Barry Manilow at the American Music Awards in1979. Manilow won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, and the Bee Gees won Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group. 
Maurice, Barry and Robin in 1989. 
The Bee Gees perform during the "One Night Only" concert at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, in March, 1999. 
Barry, Robin and Maurice pose at a New York press conference in 2001 announcing the release of the Bee Gees album "This is Where I Came In." 
Robin Gibb displays his World Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement during the 2003 World Awards in Hamburg, Germany. Gibb accepted the award on behalf of the Bee Gees. 
Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) and Robin Gibb arrive at the "Adopt-A-Minefield" benefit gala in support of landmine victims in 2005 in Neuss, Germany. 
Robin and Barry Gibb arrive for The Ivor Novello Awards at the Grosvenor Hotel on May 25, 2006, in London, England. 
Barry and Robin share the stage with Yvonne Gibb (wife of Maurice, who died in 2003) and BMI CEO Del Bryant at the BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills, California, in 2007. 
Robin attends the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo in 2010. 
Robin Gibb and John Travolta pose after Gibb announced Travolta as the winner of a Golden Camera media prize in Berlin in February 2010. 
- Robin Gibb dies after a "long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery," his family says
- He and his brothers made up the Bee Gees, the group behind "Saturday Night Fever"
- The group sold more than 200 million albums
(CNN) -- Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other hits from the 1970s, died on Sunday, according to a statement on his website.
He was 62.
Gibb "passed away today following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery," said the statement, which was attributed to his family.
Diagnosed with colon and liver cancer, Gibbs had been in a coma as he battled pneumonia earlier this spring, representative Doug Wright said.
Doctors believe that Gibb had a secondary tumor, Wright said April 14, confirming a news account in the U.K. newspaper The Sun. Gibb had emergency surgery in 2010 for a blocked bowel and then had more surgery for a twisted bowel, Wright confirmed.
The only surviving member of the three Bee Gees is brother Barry, 65.
Robin's twin brother, Maurice, died in 2003 from a twisted bowel.
And younger brother Andy Gibb died at age 30 from a heart infection.
The Brothers Gibb -- calling themselves the Bee Gees -- soared to renown after the 1977 film "Saturday Night Fever" starring John Travolta was built around the group's falsetto voices and disco songs.
In the latter part of the 1970s, the British-born Bee Gees "dominated dance floors and airwaves. With their matching white suits, soaring high harmonies and polished, radio-friendly records, they remain one of the essential touchstones to that ultra-commercial era," the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says on its website.
"Saturday Night Fever" and the group's 1979 album "Spirits Having Flown" yielded six No. 1 hits, "making the Bee Gees the only group in pop history to write, produce and record that many consecutive chart-topping singles," according to the Hall of Fame.
While often more in the background, Robin Gibb was the lead singer on several of the Bee Gees' top tunes including "I Started a Joke" and "I've Gotta Get a Message to You." He also recorded several solo albums during his career.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, the Bee Gees sold more than 200 million albums, and their soundtrack album to "Saturday Night Fever" was the top-selling album until Michael Jackson's "Thriller" claimed that distinction in the 1980s.
