How things change with time...
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Middle Ear....Now
The new owner has turned the parking lot
into a U-Haul rental.
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How things change with time...
Photo courtesy of Al Broderick
Middle Ear....Now
The new owner has turned the parking lot
into a U-Haul rental.
Former home of the late Johnny Cash burned
Tommy Cash watched in a stunned, dismayed silence as the historic home his brother Johnny Cash and wife June Carter Cash lived in until their deaths burned Tuesday afternoon. The home on Caudill Drive in Hendersonville was in the final stages of renovation by its new owner singer, songwriter Barry Gibb. Gibb purchased the home in January 2006 and, according to singer T. G. Sheppard planned to move in around July 4th of this year.
“We just called
Barry on the phone
and told him the
house was burning,”
Sheppard said. “He
didn’t know. He is
at his home in
Miami.” |
Ivor Novello Award for Bee Gees - May 25, 2006
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb have
been honored today with the Academy Fellowship at the 51st annual Ivor
Novello Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. "It's
overwhelming. And what's really overwhelming is to be in the company of
so many songwriters I really admire," said Barry. Referring to their
late brother Maurice by his nickname "Mo", he added: "Mo, we know
you're
here, we know you would love this and we salute you"
http://www.britishacademy.com/awards/ivorsmenu/ivorshome.html
Latest Pictures from the Prince's Trust Concert
May 20th
Video
of Jive Talkin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbViz86j36Y
Very
very short interview clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idwJGx5vla0
Barry and Robin
Reunite
Photos courtesy of Diabetes Research Foundation
"At
Saturday night's 32nd annual Love and Hope Ball, an
enthusiastic crowd of more than 800 mingled, dined and danced through the
early evening, eagerly awaiting
the event’s main draw – a private concert by
Barry Gibb. To everyone’s surprise and delight, Robin Gibb reunited with his brother
on stage, for the first time
since their brother, Maurice Gibb, passed away. The
three brothers gave their
final performance together at the
Love and Hope Ball in 2002.
An explosion of applause accompanied the intro song, Jive Talking,
which
was followed by Bee Gees hits spanning the last 35 years. Crowd favorites
like
Staying Alive and Massachusetts got people moving, but on
impulse, everyone
jumped from their chairs to their feet with Lonely Days
Lonely Nights. The
exhilarating momentum continued to build, culminating
with a
heart-pounding encore, You Should be Dancing. The set also
included a
poignant tribute to Maurice with the song, Don’t Forget to
Remember."
- Courtesy of
Diabetes Research Foundation
|
Palace honour for surviving Bee Gees
3.24PM, Thu May 27 2004
The two surviving members of the Bee Gees have made an emotional trip
Robin and Barry Gibb received their honours
from Prince Charles and Later in the Palace quadrangle, Robin said:
"This is for Maurice", and Barry added he had joked "don't mess my hair
up" as the Prince Robin said the Prince of Wales discussed
their songs with them Maurice's widow Yvonne broke down in tears
when asked about Adam paid tribute to the work of the Bee
Gees and spoke of how The group was awarded their honours three
years ago but work Robin was joined by wife Dwina and his
daughter Melissa Layla The musical trio from Manchester have
enjoyed one of the longest Famed for their falsetto voices, they was
responsible for disco |
From the Manchester News
April 14, 2005
Ironing secret to Bee Gee success
THE Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb may well be a woman’s man with no time to talk, but he was also a mummy’s boy with a lot of time to sing — according to his mother at least.Visiting Chorlton High last week, Barbara Gibb revealed the world-famous mega-star put his inspiration down to listening to her singing as she ironed the boys’ clothes in their Chorlton home.
Barbara, 84, now lives in Miami but
took time to visit the school between seeing
relatives and friends from the area. She toured the
Maurice Gibb Recording Studio and new ‘Starlites’ photo
exhibition, by old friend Harry Goodwin, celebrity
snapper.
The family lived at Keppel Road for
several years in the fifties and the children
attended nearby Oswald Primary School.
Barbara and husband Hughie worked in
Brown’s grocers, she on the counter, he
as a driver. Barbara later worked as a barmaid at the
Royal Oak and the family
spent a couple of months living in Northern Grove,
Whalley Range.
Life was a financial struggle in those
days. But now Barry has just bought
the old house and Barbara arrived last Thursday in a
black stretch limousine.
Delighted
A bad knee kept her from attending the opening of the recording studio, dedicated to her late son, last year, but she was delighted to be shown round with daughter-in-law Dwina, the wife of Robin – most recently seen judging on BBC1’s Celebrity Fame Academy. The arthritic joint is a little improved now and Barbara is assisted by a handsome dogs-head-handled walking stick bought for her by Barry from an auction of Bing Crosby’s affects.
He could have done with a similar walking aid himself after breaking his leg in the street one Christmas Eve when he was a young child.
“The boys were always playing on the cobbled road outside and one day my eldest daughter, Leslie, came in screaming that Barry had been hit. I rushed outside and he’d been knocked over by a car and was lying in the road – but he was still singing!” she said.
Barbara’s children were certainly ‘no
angels’. “They could all be terrible and wild,” she
said. “I remember one time £12 of mine went missing from
the mantelpiece. I went straight over
to the school at playtime and called to Robin through
the gates. I asked him if he had taken any paper from
the house and he said ‘erm... ask Woggy’ (The twins
called each other Woggy and Bodding). I looked over and
saw Maurice handing it all out to children in the
playground. Luckily, I recovered it all – quite a lot in
those days.”
Barbara also saw photos of her famous
children she had never seen before, as
Harry guided her round dozens of celebrity pictures he
has bequeathed to the school.
One of Maurice, in particular, bought tears to her eyes as the memories flooded back. “It really captures him. It almost talks to you. Harry has always taken wonderful pictures. He and the boys had a lot of time for each other,” she said.
Harry, who was among many friends
Barbara treated to a meal at the Palace hotel, where she
was staying, said: “Barbara is such a grounded, lovely
person – she knows where she’s from. It was a delight to
show her the studio and the photos.”
Brothers Gibb
Say the Bee Gees Are
No More
During an emotional ceremony, Prince Charles made the brothers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE. Maurice's son, Adam, received the award on his father's behalf.
"It's bittersweet. It would have been wonderful for all three of us to be here," Barry Gibb, 57, said afterward. "We have mixed feelings. Knowing Mo, this would have been right up his alley. He would have still had his hat on," a reference to Maurice Gibb's beloved black trilby.
Gibb said the Bee Gees are now a thing of the past. "We are not the Bee Gees now, in respect for Mo," he said. "Maybe the time's just right for a bit of free flight. Maybe at some point we will do something together."
Adam Gibb, a 28-year-old film student, looked close to tears after collecting his father's award.
"My mother was supposed to do it, but she wouldn't have been able to" because of the emotion, he said. Maurice Gibb's widow, Yvonne, watched from the audience.
Born on the Isle of Man, the Gibb brothers moved to Manchester in the 1950s. Their '70s disco hits included Stayin' Alive and Night Fever.
Maurice Gibb died last year at age 53. He suffered a heart attack before undergoing emergency surgery in Miami for an intestinal blockage.
Thursday, 13th May 2004
WITHIN the oak-panelled splendour of Manchester University's Whitworth Hall, the
presentation of honorary degrees is practised with precision.
The procession of brightly robed academics and dignitaries, the weighty words, the use of
Latin all add to the solemnity of an occasion unmatched elsewhere in the city.
But the usual formality of yesterday's ceremony - honouring Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
- gave way to a level of excitement never before experienced by the university's great and
good after a graduation ceremony.
Hardly had there been time for Barry and Robin to leave the hall, give a friendly wave and
a smile to the dozens of fans squeezing up against the gates, than the requests for
autographs began.
At first there were a few nervous requests for scribbled autographs on degree ceremony
programmes and the odd cheeky demand for photos - some from those who had witnessed the
ceremony and others from university staff.
But within minutes the demands had become increasingly determined, and women wearing
mayoral chains were using their elbows to get the front, with a force more suited to the
January sales.
Anyone with a camera was battling their way to the front of the media scrum with all the
skill of a determined hack. And only the suited security guards ensured the brothers
weren't confronted from all sides.
But if the Gibbs were surprised by the level of excitement in the usually reserved
quarters of academia they never let it show, as they patiently chatted and posed for
photographs with warm and friendly smiles.
Barry admitted that he had felt overwhelmed by the ceremony, honouring himself, Robin and posthumously honouring his brother Maurice, who died suddenly last January.
But their delight at being honoured by the university in the city where they spent
their childhood years was clear.
"The ceremony was completely overwhelming and wonderful," said Barry, beaming
from beneath the soft black velvet cap and the red and yellow gown.
|
| TEARS: Robin and Barry at the studio launch |
"Maurice would be very proud. He was applauding as well. He's looking down on us
and I bet he wishes he was here.
"This is a tremendous honour. People who do what we do, don't expect something like
this."
Standing apart from the huddle were two women who made no effort to push their way to the
front.
But without Roz Dutton and Kay Anderson the day would not have been the same - for it
was their nomination that resulted in the brothers receiving the honorary degrees.
Roz, who has worked at Manchester University for more than 25 years, said: "We felt
that as well as honouring purely academic people the university ought to be honouring
people with a connection to Manchester who had made an outstanding contribution in their
own field."
Barry - who now owns the Keppel Road house, in Chorlton, where they lived as children -
said: "We started here and we've come back full circle via the long way. It is
fantastic to be back in Manchester."
~~~~
Posted on Thu, Jul. 10, 2003
MIAMI BEACH
Gibb park memorial to be put on ballot
Singer meditated at Island View
BY RICHARD BRAND
rbrand@herald.com
Miami Beach officials are trying to rename Island View Park in
South Beach after Maurice Gibb, the longtime Beach resident
and Bee Gees singer who died Jan. 12.
Commissioners voted July 2 to put the name change on the
November elections ballot. According to city laws, name changes
to public parks must be approved in a referendum.
The small park, nestled between Biscayne Bay and Purdy Avenue
just east of the Venetian Causeway, was a frequent meditation spot
for the late singer, who would take breaks there between sets at
his Middle Ear recording studio at 1801 Bay Rd.
''He used to go there almost every day at lunchtime to feed the
seagulls,'' said Bob Koske, a Gibb-family friend who has pushed
for the memorial. ``He would sit there, look at the water. Like
anybody [who] has a little meditation spot.''
As the Bee Gees, Maurice Gibb, 53, and brothers Barry and his
twin Robin were responsible for such hits as Jive Talkin', Stayin'
Alive, How Deep Is Your Love, Tragedy, Words and Lonely Days.
Commissioner Luis Garcia, Jr., described Gibb as outgoing and
approachable. He remembered meeting Gibb as a firefighter in 1976,
when the pop star asked to ride along with his company.
''He was a fire-rescue buff,'' Garcia said. ``He spent a whole day
riding with me and my partner. I really liked the man. He was very
down-to-Earth.''
Garcia added that renaming the park would be a fitting tribute.
``The Bee Gees chose Miami Beach to be their home town. They
could have lived anywhere in the world.''
Beach officials also hope to place a gazebo or bench in the park
to honor Gibb, but that plan has met with some resistance from
neighbors worried that it would attract homeless people. Koske
and neighbors said they plan to meet to design a memorial that
both sides could be happy with.
~~~
The Bee Gees Are
Grammy Legends
Billy Johnson Jr
(2/24/03, 3 p.m. ET) --
The
Bee Gees were honored with this
year's Grammy Legend Award. It was a bittersweet moment for the
fraternal group, which lost brother Maurice Gibb on January 12 at age
53.
Barry Gibb
and Maurice's twin
Robin were on hand to accept the
honor. Barry, the oldest brother and the lead singer of the group, said,
"I think this is just a little bit harder than Robin and I imagined it
could ever be. We know he's watching--he always watched the Grammys
(chuckles)--and I think that the nicest thing, I think, that could
happen is, is if his son came up and took this award that we're giving
to Maurice, OK?"
Maurice's son Adam then took the stage and said, "I know how much my dad loved doing what he did, and he would have loved being here right now. I know he'd wanna thank one person, and that's my mom, because, 'cause she was his rock."
Maurice's widow Yvonne was also accompanied for the evening by their daughter Sammie.
Posted on Mon, Aug.
18, 2003
Gibb estate divided as family still ponders action against hospital
BY LUISA YANEZ
lyanez@herald.com
Most of the homes owned by Bee Gee Maurice Gibb are on the market, his
will -- which left his estate to his wife and provided trust funds for
his adult children -- is being administered, and the surviving Gibb
brothers have decided to rent out their Miami Beach studio to other
artists.
But seven months after his death, angry accusations from Maurice Gibb's
brothers, Barry and Robin, that his death at Mount Sinai Medical Center
could have been avoided have not materialized into a medical malpractice
lawsuit.
Friends say Maurice's widow, Yvonne Gibb, has not had time to decide
what legal course to take, if any.
Gibb's estate, worth in ''excess of $2 million,'' will go to his widow,
according to his last will and testament filed in Miami-Dade County
court. He also left her ''all ownership in copyrights, musical
compositions'' and real estate, including six homes, some of which they
owned together.
The couple, married for nearly 30 years, owned two homes in England, two
in Miami Beach, one in Spain and one in the Bahamas. Most are now up for
sale.
The 18-page will, drawn up 12 years ago, also asks that trust funds be
set up for his two grown children, Adam, 27, and daughter Samantha, 22,
of Miami Beach.
''We're in the process of administering the will,'' said Rose La Femina,
the local attorney who represents Yvonne Gibb. She declined to discuss
any specifics.
Maurice Gibb's probate file includes his death certificate, which shows
he was cremated by a Fort Lauderdale firm. His ashes were buried on his
property in the Bahamas.
Gibb, 53, a long-time Miami Beach resident, died Jan. 12 after emergency
surgery for a blocked intestine at the Miami Beach hospital.
BROTHERS' ANGER
Both brothers have said that mistakes were made at the hospital.
''I believe the doctor completely screwed things up,'' Robin Gibb,
Maurice's twin, told the Daily Mail in London on Aug. 9.
''There is a tremendous amount of anger and the hospital is not off the
hook. The lawyers are looking into it -- they have been since the day it
happened, because his death was totally preventable,'' he told the
newspaper.
Arnold Gitomer, the New York attorney who is representing the family,
did not return repeated telephone calls for comment.
A spokesman for Mount Sinai declined to comment on any aspect of the
Gibb case, citing patient's privacy concerns.
Maurice Gibb died after a portion of his small intestine became twisted
back on itself, shutting off its blood supply and flooding his system
with toxins, according to an autopsy by the Miami-Dade Medical
Examiner's Office. Gibb's intestinal problem was congenital, the autopsy
report said.
HOMES FOR SALE
Yvonne Gibb recently returned to her Miami Beach home on Sunset Island
No. 2. According to London newspapers, she is putting the two-story,
five-bedroom home on the market and will move into a 13-bedroom Le Gorce
Island home the couple had purchased for $7 million just before Gibb's
death.
Already on the market are the couple's 1930s mansion in Esher, Surrey,
and the home in Spain.
In the months after Maurice Gibb's death, his brothers considered
selling their Middle Ear studio on Miami Beach but for now have decided
to rent it out when they are not using it.
Barry and Robin have made little use of the studio since the death of
their brother -- the trio's bassist, vocalist and sometime musical muse.
The trio had performed together for more than 40 years.
Later this year, the two surviving brothers will begin writing the first
Bee Gees album without Maurice.
''In the beginning, Barry and I couldn't decide if we were going to go
forward with the name of the Bee Gees or just as Barry and Robin,''
Robin told the British newspaper. ``Now we've decided to continue as the
Bee Gees because we feel we can and Maurice would have wanted it.''
Barry and Robin talk about Mo Right After Mo's Death
01-12-2003
bbc: This, this cannot be easy for you. How are you both coping right
now?
Robin: Umm, I think the, the answer to that is we're both devastated.
We've actually been in shock for the last few days since Maurice has
been ill. And so this is all going too fast for us. So we
actually{crosstalk}
Barry: Yeah, in a very strange space, but I think it's really good
that we have each other, you know. And we're taking a lot of, umm,
strength from each other right now. You know.
Robin: mmhmm, mmhmm. {agrees}
bbc: Could you just talk me thru the past 24, 36, 48 hours. How did
you find out he was ill and then talk me through the course of events.
Barry: You see, whatever I tell you is still subject to question
because I wasn't there, you know, and I think that umm, and Robin was
in London at the time. And I got the, I got information from Dick
Ashby that Maurice didn't feel very well. and umm. And wanted to go
down to the hospital to be checked out. And they did that. And they
kept him overnight, but about 4 o'clock in the morning umm he
suffered, suddenly, cardiac arrest. And uh, between 4 and 8 o' clock
that morning the physician arrived, the doctors arrived, the surgeons
arrived and decided that whatever caused the cardiac arrest was, was
the reason that they should act immediately even though Maurice was in
shock. And so they, they did that. They made that decision to go and
examine what was going on inside Maurice's stomach and uh. This is
only my version once again. That his intestines were twisted and this
may indeed be a birth defect, and uh it may not be, but as far as we
know it's a birth defect of some form. And, so consequently they
removed 80 percent of his stomach. And, that's the percentage they
put on it. And so there's very little left and umm he suffered the
cardiac arrest and the fact that they have to operate on Maurice
during the shock of cardiac arrest (
Robin: is questionable) is very questionable and we will pursue it,
every factor, every element, every second of the timeline of the final
hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will
be our quest from now on.
Robin: Yeah
bbc: Do you believe he may, should have never been operated on and
Barry: No, we believe that mistakes were made. Period.
Robin: We believe mistakes were made and time was wasted.
Barry: And negligence occurred. And, and whatever happened, and we
allege, we don't, we don't, umm we don't condemn. We allege that
things went wrong. Protocol was not followed. Someone is responsible
for the death of one of the world's, to our mind, one of the world's
greatest recording artists, (
Robin: that's right. and totally unnecessary) and our brother. And it
wasn't necessary. We will question it to the end of our days. We
will question it, we will examine it, and we will bring the truth out
no matter what it takes.
Robin: and someone will be held to account.
Barry: and somebody will be, will have to account for this.
bbc: When you say it is unnecessary, what part are you, do you
believe, that the wrong decision
Barry: The immediate action, I think. It had been
Robin: Maurice was, Maurice went in at 5 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. He was still not being treated, foolishly.
Barry: Which we shouldn't go {quick crosstalk} We really shouldn't.
Barry: But the point is, the point is that Maurice was, Maurice is not
the kind of person, Maurice is like every other guy. He won't go near
a hospital. He won't go near a doctor. Not because he didn't love
them, but because (laugh) none of us want to go to a doctor or none of
us want to go to a hospital. So, for Maurice, you know Maurice. It
would take an awful lot for Maurice to go to a hospital. So, he felt
in distress. And we feel that he should have been attended to
immediately. And someone should have had a diagnosis within the first
hour as to what was going on with Maurice. And somehow, none of the
timelines, none of the minutes, none of the sequence of events have
yet made sense to us. We will make sense of that.
bbc: And Robin, it must have been incredibly difficult for you being
so far away from him at the time.
Robin: Yeah
bbc: How did you find out.
Robin: I found out, I was being kept abreast of everything by phone.
So, almost by the hour so I knew everything that was going on. But
obviously yes, very difficult. And I still can't come to terms with it
now. It's just almost like a dream. It's like a nightmare that you
wake up to every day. That's all you can say. It's just
devastating. It's going to take a long time even just for it to sink
in.
bbc: And even more difficult for you because he was your twin.
Robin: Yeah, of course. You know we just had a birthday, he was, you
know he had the whole future ahead of him and all I can say is he was
just one of the most beautiful people in the world. And a very gifted
man. And it's a loss for the world. And that's {note: faded away}
bbc: People know Maurice as a member of the Bee Gees. They know him
as one of the world's greatest recording artists, as you say. But
describe to me Maurice, the man. The man that you knew.
Robin: He was the most sweetest, generous people you could ever meet.
Barry: Maurice, Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
His whole, I think his whole grasp of life was silly. And I think we
all are, but Maurice really excelled. He was an extrovert. He would
always be the person. He would never walk into a room Maurice.
Maurice would prance into a room. You know. And his presence was
immediate, full out, 'are you waiting for me?' That's Mo. {lots of
'yeah' agreements from Robin}
bbc: And millions of people around the world have taken his death very
badly. They're very shocked
Barry: Yes
bbc: by it. What do you think it was about him that people loved and
people
Barry: Cause he was the average guy. Mo was. I think?
Robin: Yeah, I agree.
Barry: He reflected everyman. He didn't reflect the glamour side of
the pop business.
Robin: Very down to earth.
Barry: He was very down to earth person. And you would see that
sometimes in his performance. And in his normal attitude to life. He
never really lost his Lancashire accent. He never lost his roots.
You know? Maurice was the one who, as bad as Robin and I were,
Maurice was the one who would never steal. And when we were kids, we
were always stealing. But Maurice was the one who never would. And I
think that says something about the spirit of his person. {lots of
'yeah' agreements from Robin}
bbc: It must have been very important for you to have your family
around at the time in the hospital when he was laying there{some
crosstalk - yes's}
Robin: There's no question.
Barry: There's no question that Robin and me are completely pole-axed
by this whole episode. But that can't be anything compared to his
wife, Yvonne, his son, Adam, and his daughter Sammie who are, you
know, this has really just decimated their lives. It's just destroyed
them. It's going to take them years to come to terms with the loss of
Mo. You know. He was everything to them. He was their world. You know?
And as we've all got different families, that's what happens.
bbc: He did have a number of health problems earlier in life. He had a
well-documented problem with alcohol. But in recent years he was very
fit. He was very healthy. Lot of people say they saw him. He was
tanned and he was full of life.
Robin: Maurice had a very routine life. You know, he was a creature
of habit. And he was into paintballing. He'd go paintballing every
weekend. And he'd do things in such a routine way. His lifestyle, he
had a good, clean, kind of wholesome lifestyle compared to other
people in the music business. He didn't push the boat out. Nothing,
nothing in at least the last ten years. So this comes, I guess,
absolute shock.
Barry: The last person you would expect. Robin or me, yeah, you
expect that (laughter) Just because we're both rebels. But Mo, he's
always toed the line. He's always tried to look after himself.
Robin: He's always tried to keep people happy. {garbled} even beyond
the point where you even have to. He was always {garbled}
Barry: And we're not just saying that. This was an extremely sweet
person. An extremely sweet person.
bbc: And he was still working, he was still working.
Barry: Always still working, always still working.
bbc: Are you working quite recently on a new venture.
Barry: Well, we're not really doing anything at the moment except
writing songs. We think at this point in our lives the sooner we get
back to what we think our gift is, is writing songs. And uh, it will
be, Maurice will be a void always in our lives. And we will always,
he will always be featured as the third member of the Bee Gees no
matter what we do. But, one thing I will tell you is that the Bee
Gees will go on.
Robin: That's right, we will.
Barry: The Bee Gees will not stop here. The Bee Gees will not
disintegrate, because we've lost Mo.
bbc: What does that mean for the group
Barry: It means that we will go on and make another album.
Robin: You're looking at the Bee Gees right now.
Barry: You're looking at the Bee Gees. And we will do it in Maurice's
name.
Robin: Yeah
bbc: So it isn't the end?
Robin: No, not at all.
Barry: No. It's the end of the beginning.
Robin: Right.
bbc: So you're determined to carry on.Robin or
Barry: yeah
bbc: with the group you'll
Barry: It'll, it'll emerge as an abstract form of the Bee Gees. It'll
emerge as Robin and me being the best we can.
Robin: And Maurice would have wanted it
Barry: And I think Maurice would have wanted us to.
bbc: Do you think that's what he would have wanted, for you to carry
on as normal?
Robin: Absolutely. Absolutely and it's what I would have wanted.
Barry: And if it had been me, it's what I would have wanted Maurice
and Robin to do.
bbc: What do you think is his legacy?
Barry: He brought a great spirit to the pop business. He just was a
really great spirit. You know, I mean he was never a negative spirit.
And
Robin: I would probably, it would probably been the songs that he
wrote with us.
Barry: his melancholy, his pathos. And when Maurice touched a
keyboard it was like something from a movie.
Robin: It was magical.
Barry: You knew it was gonna be something from a movie and you'd go,
what did you just play.
Robin: Really inspirational. Delightful. It was amazing. That's what
we're going to miss.
Barry: Yeah, we're gonna miss that.
bbc: And what's your most endearing memory of him.
Robin: Maybe a memory of him is when, my whole life.
Barry: That's what happens at this point, when you lose someone that's
close to you like this. Is you get like a thousand visions at once.
You get thousands of things that have happened to you with Mo. Things
that
Robin: It's hard to just pinpoint one memory when you know it's the
whole person.
Barry: Maurice walking along a two-foot ledge in Japan.
Robin: Yeah
Barry: Six stories up. {crosstalk}
Barry: We both were there
Robin: We both were there
Barry: But it's true, I mean it's just crazy moments.
Robin: And there's moments when you're little kids. You know, cause
together we were little kids as well. So it's like the whole person.
The child as well.
Barry: We've lived in each other's pockets our entire lives.
Robin: That's right.
bbc: And how's your mother coping
Barry: Surprisingly well. You know. I think..
Robin: This is the third person she's lost inside 14,15 years.
Barry: Yeah
Robin: So I mean she's bearing up a lot, probably a lot better than we
are.
Barry: She's holding things in and it'll come out in her way. She's
that kind of woman.
bbc: For a man that was obviously full of life and very talented how
did you feel when you went in and saw him lying there in that hospital
bed
Robin: Well, I mean, it's devastating. It's, even I would say, it's
just too soon for it to sink in. I mean these are, these are visions
that are just myself so new to us. So you have to realize it's just a
very hard thing to even talk about. It only happened a few hours ago.
and it's still so so... so very devastating.
Barry: A sense, at least, was that he wasn't there.
Robin: Yeah
Barry: He wasn't really there.
Robin: I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families
out there that are going thru this even now, but it is the hardest
thing in the world. Nobody is ever prepared for it.
bbc: Thousands of fans from all over the world have been sending their
support. They've been sending floral tributes, they've been emailing,
websites. How does that make you feel? Is that any comfort?
Robin: It is a great comfort.
Barry: It's a great comfort and very very overwhelming.<