One of the prettiest and saddest of the Bee Gees' songs, "Wish You Were Here" was written by the Brothers Gibb for their late brother Andy. I remember being so upset when Andy died in 1988, having loved his music when I was a child, playing my "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" 45 over and over on my little red record player...and then, later, the entire Shadow Dancing album.
Rumors at the time were that Andy had never gotten over his break-up with actress Victoria Principal and that he died of a broken heart (which fueled his drug addiction.) I always thought he seemed like such a gentle soul, too gentle for this world. Like another favorite singer of mine, Karen Carpenter, he died way too young.
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