Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has been diagnosed with liver cancer.
The 61-year-old singer has been seen looking increasingly frail in public over the past few weeks.
It is thought that the musician has known about his condition for several months, and was rushed to hospital on Tuesday, but allowed back home after five hours of treatment, the Daily Mail reported.
The singer's wife Dwina and 91-year-old mother, Barbara, have been with him at home in Thame, Oxon, while his elder brother and bandmate Barry has flown in from the US to help comfort him.
A friend of the music star told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: "Robin is not good and there is a lot of concern for him.
"You can use your wealth to call in the best experts but sometimes no amount of fame, prestige and money can change things when it comes to cancer.
"But Robin is a strong character, he is a fighter and has been encouraged by all the online messages from his fans.
"Dwina is doing everything possible and hasnt left his side."
Gibb was treated for an inflamed colon in October after being taken to hospital complaining of "severe" abdominal pains, but said he was determined to overcome his health problems.
Friends added they are frustrated by Gibbs' condition as the clean living star doesn't drink, eats well and exercises daily.
In a previously recorded interview on Sky Arts show Living The Life, Gibb also tells of his inability to come to terms with the death of his twin brother, Maurice, from a blocked intestine.
He describes his passing as something "I havent accepted, adding: I just imagine he is out there somewhere and I will bump into him one day".
He has recently had to pull out of a number of scheduled engagements - including a Remembrance Sunday edition of the BBCs Songs of Praise, where he was due to perform the official Poppy Appeal song - because of his health.
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