The original Bee Gees drummer, Frederick Colin Petersen, has died. The Australian musician, who played on hits including ...

Colin 'Smiley' Petersen, best known as the original dummer of Bee Gees, died, the Best of the Bee Gees Facebook page announced on Monday, Nov. 18. He was 78.

Colin "Smiley" Petersen, who contributed to the early success of the Bee Gees, passed away Monday. The original drummer for the hit band was 78 when he died and no cause of death has been given yet.