This Article is From Mar 12, 2012

Cancer may be payback for Bee Gees success: Robin Gibb

Cancer may be payback for Bee Gees success: Robin Gibb

Highlights

  • Bee Gees legend Robin Gibb says he believes his cancer battle could be payback for his stardom.
  • The 62-year-old singer, who fought the disease for 18 months, said it's a karmic price for all the fame and fortune, reported Daily Mail.
  • "I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had," he said.
  • The star was struck down with colon cancer, which spread to his liver, in 2010.
  • He first felt the illness while on stage in Belgium in and later had an emergency operation for a blocked intestine.
  • After Gibb's successful surgery doctors advised him to have a scan, but the singer waited eight months before going ahead, afraid of what he would be told.
  • "Of course I was scared, like most people in my situation would be. I just didn't want to be told any bad news."
Bee Gees: Bee Gee legend Robin Gibb says he believes his cancer battle could be payback for his stardom.

The 62-year-old singer, who fought the disease for 18 months, said it's a karmic price for all the fame and fortune,reported Daily Mail.

"I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a karmic price for all the fame and fortune theBee Gees have had," he said.

The star was struck down with colon cancer, which spread to his liver, in 2010.

He first felt the illness while on stage in Belgium in and later had an emergency operation for a blocked intestine.

After Gibb's successful surgery doctors advised him to have a scan, but the singer waited eight months before goingahead, afraid of what he would be told.

"Of course I was scared, like most people in my situation would be. I just didn't want to be told any bad news."
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