Bowie battled cancer for 18 months and learned in November that his illness was terminal. According to various sources within Bowie’s inner circle, the rock icon was suffering from liver cancer and allegedly had experienced six heart attacks in his final years. “I’m so very sad”. There will never be another David Bowie, but there will always be the memory of him and the light he brought into this world will warm it forever.
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His close friend, film and theatre producer Robert Fox, has now revealed David was preparing to take an “experimental” new drug in the hope it would “prolong his life”.
You can find out how this incredible tribute event came together by heading over to The Independent. “And I realised that it might be the last time I saw him”, said Van Hove.
“David was always an inspiration to me and a true original” said Jagger.
The announcement comes just a day after Bowie’s death, after which plenty of Coventry musicians had their say on his genius.
Two days before Bowie’s death, he released his 25th studio album, Blackstar. “Bowie made so many great albums, constantly reinventing himself, that everyone has their own favourites and fans are clearly reminding themselves of his massive contribution to popular music by paying these great, iconic works”.
“Look up here, I’m in heaven, I’ve got scars that can’t be seen”.
“[It] was very humbling to receive some lovely messages from David Bowie fans who have been very touched by the musical tributes”, he told ITV News. “I wasn’t, however, prepared for it”.
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However, Visconti says that in the final weeks of his life Bowie had begin demoing five new songs and that the pair were in discussions about starting a new record.
