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Andy Gibb was one of the biggest pop stars of the disco era His first three singlesI Just Want To Be Your Everything Love Is Thicker Than Water and Shadow Dancingreached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 during 197778 and he became a fixture on television specials appearing alongside legends such as Bob Hope George Burns and Dean Martin In 1981 he became the cohost of the iconic Solid Gold television series and a year later he starred in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Broadway But despite his enormous success he battled with insecurity depression and substance abuse causing his career to flounder and leaving him bankrupt by 1987 By then he seemed ready to start anew and launch a comeback but he died suddenly in 1988 five days after his thirtieth birthday