Who Is Barry Gibb’s Wife? All About Linda Gray
The former Bee Gees member married his wife, Linda Gray, in 1970.
Barry Gibb has been married to his wife, Linda Gray, for over five decades.
The Grammy-winning musician, singer and songwriter started out as a member of the iconic band the Bee Gees alongside his late brothers, Robin and Maurice. Gibb and his siblings were born in England and raised in Australia, where he married his first wife, Maureen Bates, in 1966 when he was only 19. The two split soon after, according to a 2017 episode of Piers Morgan’s Life Stories focused on Gibb.
When the Bee Gees relocated back to England to pursue their music career, Gibb met Gray — a former Miss Edinburgh from Scotland — in 1967. The couple married three years later and went on to welcome five children.
“[Linda] is a very, very special person. She’s just so full of love and full of fun, and she has a great sense of humor,” Gibb told Piers Morgan in 2017. “We tend to laugh a lot at everything around us [more] than we could find anything to be unhappy about.”
So, who is Barry Gibb’s wife? Here’s everything to know about Linda Gray and her relationship with the singer.
They met on the set of Top of the Pops
Gibb and Gray crossed paths on the British music TV show Top of the Pops in September 1967.
Gray had just won the title of Miss Edinburgh and was hosting the show the week the Bees Gees’ first hit song “Massachusetts” was No. 1 on the charts, and the band was set to perform, Gibb told The Sun in 2021. “We just saw each other across the room and something happened,” he said.
Gray also remembers it being as spontaneous. She recounted their meeting in a documentary clip on Gibb’s episode of Piers Morgan’s Life Stories in 2017. “The girls I was with, they said, ‘Oh my god, that guy is so handsome. He’s looking at you! Oh, he’s coming over,’ ” she said. “He asked me if I’d like to go for a cup of tea.”
When Morgan inquired if it was love at first sight, Gibb said, “I think it was. In my head I thought, ‘That’s the woman I’m going to spend my life with.’ ”
They married in 1970
Gibb and Gray tied the knot at Caxton Hall in London on Sept. 1, 1970. The wedding took place on Gibb’s 24th birthday, per a black-and-white news clip from that day posted by the Associated Press that shows the couple leaving their ceremony. According to the snippet, Gray was Gibb’s secretary for 18 months before their marriage.
Though Gibb and Gray have been married for over five decades, their son Ashley said their love remains just as strong. “Still, they love each other today just like they did then,” he said on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories in 2017.
