His son Duncan wrote on Twitter: “Very sorry and sad to say it’s true”.
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The news comes just days after Mr. Bowie released his 28th album, “Blackstar,” on Friday, his 69th birthday “Look up here, I’m in heaven”, Mr. Bowie sings from a stark white bed in the music video for “Lazarus,” a track on the new album.
David Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-spanning persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died of cancer Sunday. He…
Bowie had kept a low profile after undergoing emergency heart surgery in 2004, and rumors that he was ill had circled for years.
Actress Evan Rachel Wood stated of the loss to the music industry, ” “I am shaking and crying over David Bowie.
It was the 25th album from the glam-rock icon, who was born David Jones in South London on January 8, 1947. FILE – In this September 14, 1995, file photo, David Bowie performs during a concert in Hartford, Conn. Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, after batt…
The singer was also known as a fashion trendsetter, always impeccably dressed and setting the bar for how a musician should present themselves professionally in the public eye.
Bowie’s career had an enormous resurgence in 1983 with the release of the Let’s Dance, his 15th album – and a world tour – which marked yet another departure from his previous musical and personal styles. He released three albums (including Blackstar) after 2002’s Heathen and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards in 2006.
The former Oasis writer and singer, Noel Gallagher told us; ” I genuinely put him up there with the greats that have ever been, with Elvis and John Lennon.
Bowie went on to achieve massive success with “Starman”, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”, “Fame”, and “Young Americans”.
Tributes poured in for the singer. “Mary Finnigan, I’ll never forget you”.
Seaham teacher Ed Blaney, 58, appeared as Ziggy-era Bowie when he appeared on ITV’s Stars In Their Eyes in 2005, and now leads Ultimate Bowie as he and wife Christina, 63, tour the country with their band.
Bowie’s songs were anthems for generations of fans who felt alienated or different.
Messages of condolence for the late rock star flowed in Monday from around the world – and from space, where British astronaut Tim Peake tweeted from the International Space Station.
Bowie was married to worldwide supermodel Iman since 1992.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron took to his Twitter account to express his grief over Bowie’s death.
