Spokesman: Bee Gee Robin Gibb wakes from coma

LONDON (AP) — Robin Gibb’s spokesman says the Bee Gees star has woken from a coma and is show­ing signs of recovery.

The 62-year-old singer fell into a coma last week after con­tract­ing pneumonia.

Doug Wright on Sat­ur­day said that Gibb had been able to nod and com­mu­ni­cate with his fam­ily mem­bers, who have sur­rounded his bed­side for almost his entire stay in a cen­tral Lon­don hospital.

Gibb was hos­pi­tal­ized last year for stom­ach and colon prob­lems. He has not spec­i­fied the exact nature of his ill­ness — widely reported to be can­cer — but told the BBC he had a growth on his colon that was removed.

The Bee Gees — British-born, Australia-raised broth­ers Robin, Barry and Mau­rice Gibb — had a string of disco-era hits includ­ing “How Deep is Your Love” and “Stayin’ Alive.”

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