Bee Gee Robin Gibb has liver cancer

Bee Gee Robin Gibb is being treated for liver cancer.

The 61-year-old singer, whose frail appearance has caused concern in the British media, was hospitalised last week after making an emergency call from his house in Thame, south west England.

Robin’s twin brother Maurice died in 2003 from complications resulting from a twisted intestine, and younger brother Andy died in 1988 following a battle against cocaine addiction.

Older brother and fellow Bee Gee Barry has returned to Britain along with his 91-year-old mother Barbara, according to newspaper reports. The British-born brothers scaled the heights of the pop world in the 1970s with disco hits Stayin’ Alive and Night Fever.

Robin was forced to cancel several appointments last month after he was hospitalised with severe stomach pains.

Mr Gibb was also in Malta late in 2009 courtesy of Mega Music Management where he was presented the International Lifetime Achievement Award during the Malta Music Awards.

While in Malta, Mr Gibb honoured unsung war heroes by laying a wreath at the War Memorial in Floriana.