London:
Robin Gibb was making a bucket list before he fell into a coma.
The 62-year-old Bee Gees star - who had just achieved remission from colon and liver cancer - was drawing up a list of things he wanted to achieve in the rest of his life.
But the singer took a turn for the worse after being struck down with pneumonia last week, and now has friends and relatives, including wife Dwina, and son Robin-John, 29, keeping a bedside vigil amid fears he has just days to live.
A source said: "He has kept an antique notebook by his bed to write down lyrics and ideas he has had floating around. He has also expressed a desire to set up a children's charity involving music. It was a "bucket list" of things he wanted to achieve. But everyone is very worried now. His family are taking it hour by hour, praying for a miracle. But with Robin they know never to give up."
Speaking about the fast deterioration of Robin's health, a second insider described the situation as "devastating".
The source told the Daily Mirror: "His spirit has been shattered since the pneumonia and he has gone visibly downhill. Before he slipped into a coma he was struggling to get out of bed without a wheelchair."
Robin underwent seven rounds of chemotherapy after being diagnosed 18 months ago, and previously admitted he wonders if his family tragedies - including the deaths of his brothers Andy in 1988 and Maurice in 2003 - are a "karmic price" for the band's worldwide success.
He said: "I sometimes wonder if all the tragedies my family has suffered, like Andy and Maurice dying so young and everything that's happened to me recently, is a kind of karmic price we are paying for all the fame and fortune we've had. But we've worked hard for everything we've achieved. I am not and never have been at death's door. But the illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do."
The 62-year-old Bee Gees star - who had just achieved remission from colon and liver cancer - was drawing up a list of things he wanted to achieve in the rest of his life.
But the singer took a turn for the worse after being struck down with pneumonia last week, and now has friends and relatives, including wife Dwina, and son Robin-John, 29, keeping a bedside vigil amid fears he has just days to live.
A source said: "He has kept an antique notebook by his bed to write down lyrics and ideas he has had floating around. He has also expressed a desire to set up a children's charity involving music. It was a "bucket list" of things he wanted to achieve. But everyone is very worried now. His family are taking it hour by hour, praying for a miracle. But with Robin they know never to give up."
Speaking about the fast deterioration of Robin's health, a second insider described the situation as "devastating".
The source told the Daily Mirror: "His spirit has been shattered since the pneumonia and he has gone visibly downhill. Before he slipped into a coma he was struggling to get out of bed without a wheelchair."
Robin underwent seven rounds of chemotherapy after being diagnosed 18 months ago, and previously admitted he wonders if his family tragedies - including the deaths of his brothers Andy in 1988 and Maurice in 2003 - are a "karmic price" for the band's worldwide success.
He said: "I sometimes wonder if all the tragedies my family has suffered, like Andy and Maurice dying so young and everything that's happened to me recently, is a kind of karmic price we are paying for all the fame and fortune we've had. But we've worked hard for everything we've achieved. I am not and never have been at death's door. But the illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do."
