Andy Gibb Biography

Andy Gibb biography

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NAME: Andrew Roy Gibb
OCCUPATION: Actor, Singer
BIRTH DATE: March 05, 1958
DEATH DATE: March 10, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH: Manchester, England

PLACE OF DEATH: Oxford, England

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Andy Gibb was a British singer and teen idol, and the youngest brother of the family whose other male siblings formed the Bee Gees.

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Andy Gibb was a British singer who launched a solo career as a teen in Australia. He released several hit singles before moving to Miami to work with his brother Barry. Gibb's other male siblings formed the 1970s band the Bee Gees. Andy's first album was Flowing River, followed by his multi-platinum Shadow Dancing. He suffered from drug addiction and in 1987,

declared bankruptcy. He died in 1988.

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Singer. Born Andrew Roy Gibb on March 5, 1958 in Manchester, England. The younger brother of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb (also known as the Bee Gees), Gibb launched a solo singing career in Australia as a teenager. He released several hit singles before moving to Miami Beach to work with his brother Barry. There, he became the first male solo artist to chart three consecutive No.1 singles. His debut album, Flowing Rivers enjoyed subsequent success.

Gibb's next effort, Shadow Dancing, went multi-platinum, but fame was taking its toll. He battled a drug addiction during the recording of his final studio album, After Dark, in 1979. Despite his drug problems, Gibb took on more projects, including starring in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Broadway.

In the mid-1980s, Gibb finally sought help for his addiction at the Betty Ford Clinic. After his release, he continued to make appearances but never returned to his past fame. In 1987, he declared bankruptcy. Gibb died of myocarditis, a previously diagnosed heart condition, on March 10, 1988 at age 30. He is survived by his daughter, Peta, from a short-lived marriage to Kim Reeder.