Celebrity | Bee Gees Bee Gees' Robin Gibb Awakes From Coma Gibb fell into coma battling cancer-related pneumonia By Mark Russell Posted Apr 22, 2012 6:30 AM CDT Copied Dwina Gibb, wife of Bee Gee musician Robin Gibb, leaves a Central London hospital after visiting her husband, Thursday April 19, 2012. (Max Nash/Associated Press) See 1 more photo Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has awoken after falling into a coma after contracting pneumonia in his battle with liver and and colon cancer more than a week ago, reports the BBC. Gibb's wife Dwina says she was playing Roy Orbison's "Crying" in an effort to revive him when Gibb started to cry. He is now apparently able to nod a communicate with family who have kept a vigil by his bedside, with his children and brother Barry often singing to him. Read These Next Pressuring Cotton, Trump posts his number: 'Call Tom' 'Kayak-tivists' converge on John Roberts' Maine retreat. Peace talks now include oil deal for Trump allies. Trump: $90 checks are going to 20M on Medicare. See 1 more photo Report an error