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Bee Gee fans gather at hospital
Fans of the Bee Gees gathered outside the hospital where singer Maurice Gibb is being treated after suffering a heart attack.
The 53-year-old musician remained in a critical but stable condition following emergency surgery.
Bee Gees lovers joined together at the Mount Sinai Medical Centre in Miami where the star has remained since the operation on Thursday night.
One woman carried a large "get well soon Maurice" banner.
Gibb's wife, Yvonne, and his two children are thought to be at his side.
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The bassist is understood to have started complaining of stomach pains on Thursday morning.
Doctors operated on him to remove an intestinal blockage after he collapsed at home, but he suffered a cardiac arrest during the operation.
His twin brother, Robin, said he had responded well to the surgery.
"The latest update is that all his vital organs are A1 and he's recovering," he said.
"Obviously, it's been very bad but every hour is a bonus."
As a member of the Bee Gees, Maurice Gibb has been one of the best-known faces in British showbusiness for the last four decades.
He, Robin and another brother, Barry, started their singing careers in the 1950s, earning their name from a previous incarnation as the Brothers Gibb.
Following a spell in Australia, where they gained their first recording contract, they returned to the UK in 1967 to critical acclaim.
Their distinctive, close-harmony singing has been their trademark throughout the years and survived musical fashion and family rifts.
Their hits included the soundtrack to the film of the disco phenomenon, Saturday Night Fever, in 1977, and Stayin' Alive, in 1983.
Saturday Night Fever saw some of the group's most successful tracks such as Stayin' Alive, How Deep Is Your Love and Night Fever. One of their most successful collaborations was with Motown legend Diana Ross and Chain Reaction in January 1986.
In 1987, after several years of writing and producing acts as diverse as Barbra Streisand to Dolly Parton, they were again at the top of the charts with You Win Again.
Their last album together was in 2001, entitled This Is Where I Came In. They were each awarded CBEs in the 2002 New Year Honours List.
Maurice, the bass guitarist and keyboard player in the group who has had well-documented problems with alcohol in the past, met his first wife, the singer Lulu, in the BBC canteen.
They married in 1969 but later divorced.
Speaking from Los Angeles, she said: "Obviously, I'm deeply shocked and upset. We are still waiting for the latest news from the hospital."
AAP 2003
Edited by - Prisca on 12 January 2003 1:27:2