“David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer”, read the statement which is dated January 10. We are all deeply saddened by this news.
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Fallon famously impersonated Bowie, even creating a character which was a mixture of Tim Tebow and the singer back in 2012.
Angie broke down on the show, which is now being shown on TV3 and Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, on learning of Bowie’s sudden death on Sunday after a battle with cancer.
Along with a photo of Bowie in his dressing room preparing to go on stage, the “Maggie May” singer wrote: “Undeniably the fearless leader of the pack, David was the groundbreaking chameleon who impacted us all”.
During his life, Bowie pushed his music relentlessly forward while reinventing himself as many personas – from Davie Jones, a young rhythm and blues singer from the London neighbourhood of Brixton, to the interplanetary pop star Ziggy Stardust and the dapper hedonist the Thin White Duke.
The video for the song Lazarus, from the new album, shows Bowie trapped in a hospital bed with bandages covering his eyes.
“It’s fair to say I have never been objective in regards to Bowie, I have always joked that the only qualification I left school with was “A level Bowie”. The lyrics, meanwhile, not only foreshadow Bowie’s death, but our reaction to it: “Something happened on the day he died/ Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside/ Somebody else took his place and bravely cried/ I’m a blackstar”.
“I saw a man fighting”, van Hove told NPO Radio. The links to live performances, the screengrabs from Labyrinth, the numerous covers of his rousing, euphoric, ever current songs – his imprint on pop and rock is eternal and all-inclusive, a necessary reminder that we can be heroes and rebels at the same time, and that the pursuit of modern love is one worth fighting for till the very end.
“He made “Blackstar” for us – his parting gift”, Bowie’s friend and longtime producer Tony Visconti said Monday. “He was fun and always amusing”. “And I know I’m never going to stop learning dances, brand new dances”.
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“If I say something about David, I get 1,000 tweets. He came to visit at first, and then he didn’t want to visit me any more”.
