Monday, 13 January, 2003, 05:56 GMT Exclusive Gibbs interview
Maurice Gibb (left) with his brothers
The brothers of Bee Gee Maurice Gibb say they want answers from the hospital in Miami where he was being treated and where he died.
The hospital has declined to comment but in an exclusive interview with the BBC, Robin and Barry Gibb said it's highly questionable that doctors should have operated on him while he was in shock from having a heart attack.
The brothers also paid tribute to Maurice. They described him as "one of the world's greatest recording artists" who, though gifted, was "just an average guy".
- Less than 24 hours after the death of their brother, Barry and Robin Gibb met the BBC's Fergal Parkinson in Miami to talk about Maurice. During the exclusive and emotional interview they paid tribute to their brother. But they also questioned the treatment he was given by the hospital, which is declining to comment.
- Breakfast also heard from DJ David Jensen and and Blue Weaver, who played keyboard for the band during the seventies and eighties.
Tributes have poured in to the BBC for Bee Gee Maurice Gibb, after the pop star died in Miami at the age of 53 from a heart attack.
Condolences arrived by e-mail to BBC News Online at the rate of more than five-a-minute from Bee Gees fans around the world.
More than 1000 had arrived by Sunday afternoon.
Fans expressed their sadness at the singer's death.
One fan from the US, Diana Embry, said: "He will truly be missed but his music and memory will be in our hearts forever."
Another, from Em in the UK said: "Thanks for giving me the fever every Saturday night! You'll be missed greatly."
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Maurice Gibb had been poorly since Friday afternoon, after he had suffered a heart attack while undergoing surgery for a blocked intestine in a Miami hospital.
The singer's death came as a shock to his friends and family.
His twin brother Robin had flown from the UK to be at his bedside.
More tributes are expected to be paid over the coming days from the music world.
His death is the second tragedy to hit the musical Gibb family.
The Bee Gees' younger brother Andy, a star in his own right, died in 1988 after battling cocaine addiction.
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