British rock icon David Bowie revives his love story with Berlin with his first new album in a decade out in March 2013, and the city is returning his affections with fervent tributes to its adopted son.
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The news followed reports by British media that the Mr Bowie had already been cremated in NY, without his friends or family in attendance.
The late David Bowie’s family is planning a private memorial service for him, and would be grateful if they could be left alone to mourn. The note also emphasises the fact that, though appreciated, no official tributes or memorials have as yet been arranged.
“They ask once again that their privacy be respected at this most sensitive of times“.
“The unexpected death of David Bowie has turned this tribute, on which we have worked for the past seven months, into a memorial concert”, organizers said in a statement. His visual art and sense of character brought a new combination of music, performance and imagery into mainstream culture. “His last album Blackstar was very much his goodbye to fans instead”, the insider shared to Mirror.
His cancer was in remission six months ago, but he was dealt a devastating blow in November when he was told the disease had returned and his condition was terminal, Visconti said.
‘He just came fresh from a chemo session, and he had no eyebrows and he had no hair on his head, ‘ Visconti told Rolling Stone magazine.
Blackstar, released on January 8 to mark his birthday, looks certain to hold on to the number one spot in the charts on Friday.
It was revealed he had been battling cancer for 18 months prior.
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The starstruck teen later took to Instagram.com to post a photo of himself onstage with the singer, writing, “I had the honour of playing Tiny Dancer with @eltonjohn tonight”. Wherever you are, be it at home, in the auto, at work lets make this a moment to remember the most iconic artist of the past 100 years. “We’ve lost a huge, huge talent that influenced so many people”.
