Barry Gibb thinks he should have died before his brothers

He said: "For the last few years, first ¬losing Andy, then Mo and then Robin, it really was a journey for me. I am the eldest, I should have been the first. I am still sitting here wondering, 'Why?' Though I've accepted it more now."

The 70-year-old singer admits he took it very hard when Maurice passed away and only carried on making music because Robin insisted.

However, he had no idea that Robin was battling cancer.

He told The Sun newspaper: "When Mo (Maurice) died, I felt like the bottom had dropped out. I didn't want to go on without him but Robin was very hyper to keep the Bee Gees going and to make more music. But I was still grieving.

"Some groups last five years and we'd been around the charts for 45 years so I tried to convince Robin it was OK to wait, to have a laugh, but I didn't know he was ill."

Barry recently revealed he had seen his brothers ghosts.

He said: "Yes and it's not fun because you're not quite sure what it was about. If it was real. I've seen two brothers.

"I saw Robin and my wife saw Andy.

"The biggest [question] of all, is there life after death? I'd like to know."