Twisted Intestine Killed Gibb

The Bee Gees' Maurice Gibb died after his small intestine and bowel had become twisted and restricted blood flow, according to an autopsy report.

The fifty-three-year-old Gibb collapsed January 9th at his home in Miami and was rushed to the hospital where he underwent emergency surgery for intestinal blockage. Just before surgery, the bassist/keyboardist suffered cardiac arrest. He died three days later.

According to the Miami-Dade County medical examiner, Gibb was likely born with a misshapen intestine, which over the years led to ischemic enteropathy, a series of kinks within the intestine that cause blockage. The condition is capable of causing cardiovascular problems.

Gibb's brothers and bandmates, Barry and Robin (his twin), have been vocal in questioning his treatment at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. The Gibb family has questioned the decision to continue with Gibb's operation after he went into cardiac arrest.

Gibb was laid to rest in a private ceremony on Wednesday in Miami. Two hundred family members and friends, including Michael Jackson, attended.

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Song Stories

“All Along the Watchtower”

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

Jimi Hendrix got hold of Bob Dylan's early John Wesley Harding tapes and in late 1967 recorded a version of "All Along the Watchtower" with the Experience in London. Dissatisfied with that first development, Hendrix brought those tapes with him to New York in early 1968 when he began work on Electric Ladyland. Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's engineer at the time, told Rolling Stone that Hendrix "was still looked upon by his basically white audience as the mammoth black guitar hero. There was a constant fight within him to expand himself." Hendrix's successful take on Dylan's work has long been recognized by the songwriter. "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way," Dylan wrote in the liner notes to his Biograph box set. "Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."

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