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Case file s1739 · Music and sport · 2012
2012
Robin Gibb: Robin Gibb (Bee Gees) - TopPop 1973 1 (cropped)
Robin Gibb. AVRO. CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons.
Died
20 May 2012
Place
London, England
Field
pop (Bee Gees)
Legal tradition
English common law · Common law
Historical event
The Bee Gees and the disco era
Member of
Labour Party (Wikidata)

Robin Gibb left a £93 million fortune to his wife and three children; his daughter with the housekeeper got a closing line in the will

Robin Gibb died at 62. His 15-page will was believed to have been drawn up in August 2011 and was witnessed by his chauffeur and personal assistant. His estate was put at £93 million, part of it overseas or jointly owned with his wife, Dwina. The will put £26 million in a trust that pays all income to Dwina. She also took his personal belongings and his share of Bee Gees back-catalogue royalties. His two children from his first marriage, Spencer and Melissa, got £500,000 each at once. The remainder goes to them and Robin-John, his son with Dwina, when Dwina dies. A fourth child, Snow Robin, was born in 2008 to Claire Yang, his former housekeeper. She was not named a beneficiary. The final paragraph said he was "in the process of making reasonable financial provision for Snow" and asked his trustees to do it if he had not. About £5 million was reported provided in the months before his death†. Yang kept an £850,000 house in Amersham that Gibb bought her. Dwina told Yang not to come to the funeral. Another report said Yang later agreed to a one-off £4 million child maintenance payment after a year of negotiation†. Figures came largely from the Daily Mail and differ between outlets. No court ruling on the will was found. In 2026 the trust structure stands as reported.

What the law took from it

A child left out of the will but named in its last paragraph gets provision only if the trustees act.

Cite as: celebrity.estate, “Robin Gibb left a £93 million fortune to his wife and three children; his daughter with the housekeeper got a closing line in the will,” story s1739, https://www.celebrity.estate/robin-gibb-2012, updated 30 October 2026.

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