Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb is having ‘spectacular’ recovery after serious illness

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb said in an interview Friday that he is making a great recovery from his serious illness.

According to USA Today, Gibb told BBC Radio 2 about the struggles he had with the stomach and colon problems he experienced last year. "Well, it's all simple. I was diagnosed with a growth in my colon. It was removed. And I've been treated for that by a brilliant doctor, and in their own words 'the results have been spectacular,’” he told listeners.

Reuters reports that the media began to question his health when he began to appear gaunt and frail during public appearances last year before he announced that he was ill. The Associated Press adds that Gibb had been forced to cancel public appearances.

In the interview, Gibb went on to say that reports that he was close to death were over-exaggerated. He also said that “The prognosis is that it's almost gone and I feel fantastic and really from now on it's just what they could describe as a 'mopping-up' operation. I am very active and my sense of well-being is good."

Gibb is scheduled to make his first live appearance since his illness on Feb. 13 at London's Palladium. He is also working on The Titanic Requiem, with his son, RJ. It is his first classical work and will hit store shelves next month. It is intended to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic.

Gibb is a founding member of the Bee Gees, along with his late twin Maurice and older brother Barry. The group started in the ‘60s but is best remembered for their string of disco hits in the mid-’70s, including “Jive Talkin’” and “Stayin’ Alive."