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The announcement of his death was made on Facebook by Spencer
Gibb, a son of BeeGees' band member Robin Gibb. Further details
about his death were not immediately available.
"I would like to share the sad news with you all, that my
godfather, and the longtime manager of my family, Robert
Stigwood, has passed away," Gibb wrote.
Stigwood, who was born in South Australia state, worked with a
staggering number of groundbreaking acts, both on the Broadway
stage and on the pop charts, producing counterculture stage hits
"Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar".
He produced the groundbreaking film of The Who's rock opera
"Tommy" and "Saturday Night Fever", which introduced disco music
and a young John Travolta to audiences around the world, while
propelling the BeeGees to global stardom.
But he was most closely associated with his work with fellow
Australians the BeeGees, whom he guided at the height of their
fame in the 1970s.
Tributes for the towering industry figure poured in on Tuesday.
Broadway musical producer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom
Stigwood worked on multiple projects, praised him on Twitter.
"Farewell beloved Robert, the great showman who taught me so
much. With love, ALW," he wrote.
(Reporting by Matt Siegel; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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