Musician. He was one of the founding members of the seminal music trio, The Bee Gees. They are best-known for their contributions to the multi-platinum, best-selling 1977 soundtrack "Saturday Night Fever" and their significant influence on popularizing the Disco genre of the mid to late 1970s. Pronounced "Morris," he was born Maurice Ernest Gibb, the 35-minute-older fraternal twin brother of Robin, in Douglas, on the Isle of Man, England. His father Hughie was a big band leader and drummer. Shortly after the birth of his younger brother Andy, the family relocated to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. Along with Robin and their older brother Barry, they formed The Bee Gees in 1958, deriving the name from the taking of the first initials of brothers and Gibb. They scored their first hit with "Spicks and Specks" in 1966 and returned to England to embark upon their careers. With Barry and Robin providing lead vocals and Maurice contributing instrumentally with his bass and piano playing in addition to backing vocals, they had a string of memorable hits with: "New York Mining Disaster 1941", "Massachusetts", and "To Love Somebody" all in 1967, "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" in 1968, "I Started a Joke" in 1969, "Lonely Days" in 1970 and "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" in 1971. During this period, he was married to singer Lulu from 1969 to 1973. His wife was best-known for the title song to the 1967 film "To Sir With Love." Following a three-year absence from the pop charts, they returned to the spotlight with a more up-tempo sound and style heard in the album, "Main Course" in 1975 and reached the level of immortality with the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, also enjoying immense success with the albums "Children of the World" in 1976 and "Spirits Having Flown" in 1979. Following the departure of disco, the Bee Gees had a relatively quiet decade of the 1980s. After enduring the untimely death of his younger brother pop-star Andy Gibb at the age of 30, he descended into a period of depression fueled by alcohol, however he recovered in time to record the brothers' comeback album "One" in 1989, which was followed with a successful tour. In 1994 and 1997, The Bee Gees were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, respectively. he died at the age of 53 of complications from a twisted intestine in January of 2003. His ashes were made into 4 purple diamonds and were given to his widow Yvonne, his mother Barbara Gibb, Barry and Robin. When his twin brother, Robin, died, his diamond was placed inside his coffin. The twins were together again.