Robin Gibb | 1949 - 2012

The Bee Gees, from left, Robin, Barry and Maurice Gibb, attend a party following the Hollywood premiere of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” on July 31, 1978. (Lennox McLendon / Associated Press)

April 23, 2012 6:37 PM PT

Robin Gibb -- one-third of the Bee Gees, the pop group that stood at the forefront of the disco era with its “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack -- died Sunday after a long battler with cancer, according to a family spokesman. The singer-songwriter was 62. Story

The Bee Gees pose with Barry Manilow at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles in January 1979. The Gibbs won awards for favorite popular group and favorite soul album for “Saturday Night Fever.” (Nick Ut / Associated Press)

President Carter with the Bee Gees, who performed a concert for UNICEF at the White House in 1979. (Charles Tasnadi / Associated Press)

The lead performers in the “Saturday Night Fever” stage production pose with the Bee Gees outside the London Palladium Theater in June 1997. (Adrian Dennis / Associated Press)

The Bee Gees appear backstage after they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Cleveland’s OH hotel. (Kimberly Barth / AFP/Getty Images)

Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb hold a news conference in Miami Beach on July 29, 1998. In 2007, the group was honored by BMI as songwriting icons. (Marta Lavandier / Associated Press)

Robin Gibb performs at the Hollywood Bowl gala opening. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Robin, left, and Barry Gibb hold their Commanders of the Order of the British Empire decorations after receiving them from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on May 27, 2004. The third brother, Maurice Gibb, died the year before. His son Adam collected his decoration on his behalf. (Mike Moore / Associated Press)

Robin Gibb rehearses for the Jose Carreras Gala in Leipzig, Germany. (Sebastian Willnow / AFP/Getty Images)

Robin Gibb arrives at the Ivor Novello composer and songwriter awards at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on May 24, 2007. (Bertrand Langlois / AFP/Getty Images)

Robin Gibb performs during the Energy Globe World Award ceremony hosted by the European Parliament in Brussels on April 11, 2007. (Jacques Collt / AFP/Getty Images)

Robin Gibb attends the German Sustainability Awards at the Maritim Hotel in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Nov. 26, 2010. (Ralf Juergens / Getty Images)

British singer Robin Gibb arrives for the Goldene Kamera 2011 awards of the Axel Springer Verlag publishing house in Berlin on Feb. 5, 2010. (Johannes Eisele / AFP/Getty Images)

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