With her head held high and a strained smile on her face, Robin Gibb's wife Dwina cuts a brave figure as she arrives to visit the ailing singer in hospital. The Bee Gee's devoted partner is keeping a bedside vigil after her husband slipped into a coma on Friday evening.
Robin is now battling pneumonia in a private facility in London where doctors fear he may have mere days to live. Despite the uncertainty, the star's family have rallied round and his son Robin-John said they were praying for a full recovery. A statement on RobinGibb.com said: "Sadly the reports are true that Robin has contracted pneumonia and is in a coma." "We are all hoping and praying that he will pull through."
Robin-John had been due to collaborate on a project with his father earlier this month, but the event went ahead without the singer. Speaking of his father's legacy, the 29-year-old said: "If people say that I’m living in my father's shadow, all I can say is what a great shadow that is to be living in." The music icon's latest health problems come after a long battle with cancer. Robin initially made a recovery from cancer of the liver and colon, but now doctors believe a second tumour may have caused his latest setback.His wife of 27 years has been a constant pillar of support through his most challenging times. When he was admitted to hospital in 2010 with a blocked intestine – the same condition that killed his brother and band mate Maurice – it was Dwina who raised the alarm. "I refused to leave as I knew instinctively it was a matter of life or death,” she told HELLO! at the time.Robin said he and his wife were "ideally matched".