Robin Gibb ‘reunited with twin’, says brother

Bee Gee Barry Gibb paid an emotional tribute to his brother Robin’s “magnificent mind and his beautiful heart” at his funeral — saying he had finally been reunited with his twin.

The 62-year-old singer died from kidney failure last month after fighting cancer and pneumonia and suffering from a serious bowel condition.

Barry, the sole surviving member of the Bee Gees trio, had a trembling voice as he told the congregation at St Mary’s Church in Thame, Oxfordshire: “Life is too short. In Robin’s case, absolutely too short.