• FILE - This Wednesday April 11, 2007 file photo shows Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb as he talks with journalists at the European Parliament in Brussels. Robin Gibb's spokesman said on Saturday April 21, 2012 the Bee Gees star has woken from a coma and is showing signs of recovery. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

     

LONDON (AP) — Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has advanced colorectal cancer and remains in intensive care after waking from a coma, his doctor said Sunday. The statement confirmed the exact nature of the illness afflicting the artist.

Dr. Andrew Thillainayagam said Gibb had recently caught pneumonia because he was weakened from chemotherapy and two operations.

The 62-year-old singer fell into a coma last week after contracting the pneumonia. Thillainayagam said that three days ago he had warned Gibb's family that he may not wake up. Instead, Gibb is now fully conscious and able to speak.