Bee Gees

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2024 Colin Petersen died at age 78, leaving Barry, Vince Melouney, and Geoff Bridgford as the surviving members of the group.
2023 Barry Gibb became a Kennedy Center Honoree for contributions to American culture and was inducted with his brothers into the Australian Songwriters Association Hall of Fame.
2022 Barry Gibb was made an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, the country's highest national honour.
2021 The documentary won the Cinema Audio Society Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Documentary, with Gary A. Rizzo and Jeff King.
2021 The documentary received multiple Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Writing, and Outstanding Picture Editing.
2021 The documentary 'How Can You Mend a Broken Heart' was nominated for the American Cinema Editors Awards in the Best Edited Documentary (Non-Theatrical) category.
2021 Frank Marshall won the Best Documentary (Audience Award) at the Philadelphia Film Festival.
November 16 2021 Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases the documentary film on disc in the United States, including two deleted scenes: 'Meeting the Bee Gees' and 'Bands of Brothers'.
January 8 2021 Barry Gibb released his third solo studio album 'Greenfields', featuring re-imagined Bee Gees songs with country musicians like Dolly Parton, Keith Urban, and Miranda Lambert. The album topped charts in the UK and Australia.
2020 The documentary was nominated for six Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.
2020 A documentary 'The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart' was released on HBO Max, winning an Emmy award. A biopic about the Bee Gees was announced with Kenneth Branagh directing and Barry Gibb as executive producer.
December 14 2020 Documentary film released on DVD, digital, and Blu-ray disc in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures.
December 12 2020 The documentary received its worldwide release through HBO Max.
December 3 2020 The documentary 'The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart' had a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
June 27 2018 Barry Gibb, the last surviving member, was knighted by Prince Charles after being named on the Queen's New Year's Honours List.
2016 Barry Gibb released 'In the Now', his first solo album since 1984, and Capitol Records signed a new distribution deal for the Bee Gees catalogue with Universal.
2015 Bee Gees receive the Grammy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, posthumously honoring their significant contribution to music.
March 23 2015 13STAR Records released a box set covering the years 1974–1979, including studio albums Mr. Natural, Main Course, Children of the World, Spirits Having Flown, and a disc called The Miami Years.
December 19 2014 The documentary 'The Joy of the Bee Gees' was aired on BBC Four.
2013 The album was first issued outside of Australia when released as part of the Festival Album Collection: 1965–1967 box set.
September 2013 Barry Gibb performed his first solo tour 'in honour of his brothers and a lifetime of music'.
February 14 2013 Barry Gibb unveiled a Bee Gees statue and 'Bee Gees Way' walkway in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia.
May 20 2012 Robin Gibb passed away at the age of 62 after a prolonged struggle with cancer, effectively ending the Bee Gees as a performing group.
April 20 2012 Robin Gibb briefly came out of his coma.
April 14 2012 Robin Gibb was reported to have contracted pneumonia and was in a coma at a Chelsea hospital.
February 13 2012 Robin Gibb made his final public appearance at the Coming Home charity concert at the London Palladium, supporting injured servicemen.
November 20 2011 Robin Gibb was diagnosed with liver cancer at age 61.
May 2011 Robin Gibb was diagnosed with colorectal cancer that had spread to his liver, marking a critical period in his health battle.
May 26 2010 Barry and Robin Gibb made a surprise appearance on the ninth-season finale of American Idol.
March 15 2010 Barry and Robin Gibb inducted the Swedish group ABBA into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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