Editing Bee Gees (section)

===2009–2012: Return to performing and Robin's death===
On 14 March 2009, Barry teamed with [[Olivia Newton-John]] to present the one-hour finale performance at a star-studded 12-hour live concert at Sydney's [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], part of [[Sound Relief]], a fundraiser to aid victims of the February 2009 [[Victorian Bushfires]] that devastated large tracts of heavily wooded and populated south-eastern Australia, where the Gibb family once lived. The concert was televised live nationally across Australia on the [[MAX (Australian TV channel)|Max TV]] cable network.<ref name="SR-Sydney">{{cite web|title=SOUND RELIEF :: SYDNEY INFO|url=http://www.soundrelief.com.au/sydlineup.php|website=Sound Relief|access-date=10 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014211857/http://www.soundrelief.com.au/sydlineup.php|archivedate=14 October 2009}}</ref> On 10&nbsp;July 2009, Barry and Robin were named as Freemen of the Borough of Douglas (Isle of Man); the award was also bestowed posthumously to Maurice.<ref name="iomtoday1">{{cite news|url= http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Bee-Gees-named-Freemen-of.5449394.jp |title=Bee Gees named Freemen of the Borough|author=Rachael Bruce|date=10 July 2009|newspaper=Isle of Man Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528163038/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/bee-gees-named-freemen-of-the-borough-1-1793643 |archive-date=28 May 2016}}</ref>

In late 2009, Barry and Robin announced plans to record and perform together once again as the Bee Gees.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |author=BBC News |title=Bee Gees to perform on Strictly |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8308513.stm |date=15 October 2009 |access-date=16 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091018103028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8308513.stm| archive-date= 18 October 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref> Barry and Robin performed on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' on 31&nbsp;October 2009<ref>{{cite news |work=BBC News |title=Bee Gees to perform on Strictly |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8308513.stm |date=15 October 2009 |access-date=16 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018103028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8308513.stm|archive-date=18 October 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> and appeared on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC-TV]]'s ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' on 17&nbsp;November 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/opinion/29sun3.html |title=Stayin' Alive |newspaper=The New York Times |date=28 November 2009 |access-date=6 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421014921/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/opinion/29sun3.html |archive-date=21 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 15&nbsp;March 2010, Barry and Robin inducted the Swedish group [[ABBA]] into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Stooges, ABBA Headline Eclectic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony |date=16 March 2010 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1633996/20100316/iggy_pop_and_the_stooges.jhtml |publisher =MTV |access-date =20 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317185132/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1633996/20100316/iggy_pop_and_the_stooges.jhtml |archive-date=17 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 26&nbsp;May 2010, the two made a surprise appearance on the ninth-season finale of ''[[American Idol]]''.

On 20 November 2011, it was announced that Robin, then aged 61, had been diagnosed with [[liver cancer]], a condition he had become aware of several months earlier. He had become noticeably thinner in previous months and had to cancel several appearances due to severe abdominal pain.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Robin Gibb diagnosed with liver cancer |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8902510/Robin-Gibb-diagnosed-with-liver-cancer.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8902510/Robin-Gibb-diagnosed-with-liver-cancer.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=20 November 2011|first=Anita|last=Singh|work=[[The Sunday Telegraph]]|location=London |access-date=20 November 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Robin joined British military trio [[the Soldiers]] for the Coming Home charity concert on 13&nbsp;February 2012 at the [[London Palladium]], in support of injured servicemen. It was his first public appearance for almost five months and, as it turned out, his final one.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.coming-home.org.uk/content/robin-gibb-and-soldiers-concert|title=Robin Gibb and The Soldiers in concert|publisher=Haig Housing Trust Coming Home|access-date=26 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603035832/http://www.coming-home.org.uk/content/robin-gibb-and-soldiers-concert|archive-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> On 14&nbsp;April 2012, it was reported that Robin had contracted [[pneumonia]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Gibb fights for life with pneumonia |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iVRxBlJlzg01tpW6QQEPP-UysRDA?docId=B20888811334395256A0 |access-date=15 April 2012|newspaper=The Associated Press|date=14 April 2012}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> in a [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] hospital and was in a coma.<ref>{{cite news|last=Donnelly|first=Laura|title=Robin Gibb in coma and fighting for his life|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9204362/Robin-Gibb-in-coma-and-fighting-for-his-life.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9204362/Robin-Gibb-in-coma-and-fighting-for-his-life.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=14 April 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Although he came out of his coma on 20&nbsp;April 2012, his condition deteriorated rapidly<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/robin-gibb-making-good-progress-family-4844432 |place=NZ |title=Robin Gibb making good progress |publisher=TV |date=21 April 2012 |access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref> and he died on 20&nbsp;May 2012 of liver and kidney failure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-04-14/robin-gibb-obit/55097560/1 |title=Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dies at 62 |work=USA Today |date=14 April 2012 |access-date=21 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917165728/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-04-14/robin-gibb-obit/55097560/1|archive-date=September 17, 2012}}</ref>