The Associated Press

Robin Gibb, 62, a member of the three-brother Bee Gees, died Sunday “following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery,” his family announced in a statement released by Gibb’s representative Doug Wright.

“The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time,” it said.

The Bee Gees, born in England but raised in Australia, began their career in the musically rich 1960s but it was their soundtrack for the 1977 movie “Saturday Night Fever” that sealed their success.

Despite financial success, Robin Gibb and his brothers, Barry and Maurice, endured repeated tragedies.

Maurice died suddenly of intestinal and cardiac problems in 2003.

Their younger brother Andy Gibb, who also enjoyed considerable chart success as a solo artist, had died in 1988 just after turning 30. He suffered from an inflamed heart muscle attributed to a severe viral infection.

Robin Gibb himself took care of his health and, at the time of his death, was a vegan who did not drink alcohol.

Mr. Gibb is survived by his second wife, Dwina, and four children, as well as his older brother, Barry, and his sister Lesley Evans, who lives in Australia.