News of the Australian music mogul’s death was released on Facebook by Spencer Gibb, son of Bee Gee Robin Gibb.
He was also the manager of Cream, regarded as the world’s first supergroup featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, as well as producing The Who’s rock opera Tommy and Saturday Night Fever, which introduced disco to a global audience.
They moved to Chorlton, Manchester, England, until the late 1950s, when the family moved to Redcliffe, in Queensland, Australia, and then to Cribb Island.
After achieving their first chart success in Australia as the Bee Gees, they returned to the UK in January 1967 where Stigwood helped guide them to a career which saw them sell more than 220 million records.
Barry Gibb is the sole surviving member of the group. Twins Robin and Maurice died in 2012 and 2003 respectively.
Spencer Gibb wrote: ‘I would like to share the sad news with you all, that my godfather, and the longtime manager of my family, Robert Stigwood, has passed away. [He was a] creative genius with a very quick and dry wit.’
Source: IOM Today
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