Editing Maurice Gibb (section)

== Death ==
Gibb died suddenly at the age of 53 at [[Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami)#Miami Heart Institute|Mount Sinai Medical Center]] in [[Miami Beach, Florida]], on 12 January 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/13/movies/maurice-gibb-whose-bee-gees-defined-disco-dies-at-53.html|title=Maurice Gibb, Whose Bee Gees Defined Disco, Dies at 53|newspaper=New York Times|date=January 13, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Pearson|first=Richard|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/01/13/maurice-gibb-dies/749ba4a9-5996-4eb0-8bc4-e8bdaba26a04/|title=Maurice Gibb Dies|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 13, 2003}}</ref> An autopsy later revealed he died of a [[volvulus|twisted intestine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/16/gibb.autopsy/index.html?eref=sitesearch|title=Gibb autopsy cites twisted intestine|last=CandiottI|first=Susan|date=16 January 2003|publisher=CNN|access-date=22 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906072957/https://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/16/gibb.autopsy/index.html?eref=sitesearch |archive-date=6 September 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

A private funeral was attended by about 200 family and friends, including [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Harry Wayne Casey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/remembering-maurice/4/|title=Remembering Maurice|website=CBS News|date=January 14, 2003}}</ref> After the service, his body was [[cremation|cremated]].<ref name="Private funeral for Maurice Gibb">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2659847.stm |title=Private funeral for Maurice Gibb |date=15 January 2003 |work=BBC News|access-date=18 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308121010/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2659847.stm |archive-date=8 March 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> Journalist and family friend [[Jennifer Valoppi]] said, "It was emotional, there was humor. Everybody talked about how this was a man who really celebrated life and so this was a celebration of his life."<ref name="Private funeral for Maurice Gibb"/><ref name="talked">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hundreds-attend-maurice-gibbs-funeral-72666/ |title=Hundreds Attend Maurice Gibb's Funeral |date=16 January 2003 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=11 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426133345/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hundreds-attend-maurice-gibbs-funeral-72666/ |archive-date=26 April 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nat Kipner, who managed the Bee Gees early in their career in Australia in 1966, also attended the service.<ref name="talked" /> Barry and Robin Gibb told the BBC about Maurice's death, "The fact that they had to operate on Maurice during the shock of cardiac arrest is very questionable." Barry said, "None of the sequence of events have yet made sense to us."<ref>{{cite web |title=Anger over Bee Gee death |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/anger-over-bee-gee-death-1135287 |website=Manchester Evening News |access-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513041647/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/anger-over-bee-gee-death-1135287 |archive-date=13 May 2021 |date=9 August 2004 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Robin Gibb spoke to ''Mojo'' magazine about Maurice's death in 2003: "We were kids together, and teenagers. We spent the whole of our lives with each other because of our music. I can't accept that he's dead. I just imagine he's alive somewhere else."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2012/05/robin_gibb_rip.html |title=Robin Gibb, 1949–2012 |work=Mojo |access-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527060959/http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2012/05/robin_gibb_rip.html |archive-date=27 May 2012  }}</ref> Barry and Robin ceased performing as a group for a time,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.mtv.com/news/i45qf2/bee-gees-name-to-be-retired-robin-gibb-says | title=Bee Gees Name To Be Retired, Robin Gibb Says  |publisher=MTV | first=Joe | last=D'Angelo | access-date=11 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311102416/https://www.mtv.com/news/i45qf2/bee-gees-name-to-be-retired-robin-gibb-says |archive-date=11 March 2023 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but later decided to perform occasionally under the Bee Gees banner<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/08/bee-gees-re-form |work=The Guardian |location=London | title=Bee Gees to re-form for live comeback | first=Sean | last=Michaels | date=8 September 2009 | access-date=12 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528013952/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/08/bee-gees-re-form |archive-date=28 May 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> until Robin died at the age of 62, from liver and kidney failure from [[colorectal cancer]], on 20 May 2012.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://torontosun.com/2012/05/27/gibb-died-from-kidney-liver-failure | title=Gibb died from kidney, liver failure  |newspaper=Toronto Sun | access-date=11 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801004103/https://torontosun.com/2012/05/27/gibb-died-from-kidney-liver-failure/wcm/3b854828-50ab-4a95-bc6d-2c4148eb22d9 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>