David Bowie Dead

Hollywood Reporter ^ | 1/10/2016 | THR

[kik5150]

David Bowie has died after a battle with cancer, his rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

"David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer. While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief," read a statement posted on the artist's official social media accounts.

[Monkey Face]

*like*

[4yearlurker]

I remember a big rumor back in those days was that Mick Jagger's wife caught Mick in bed with David Bowie. Like a said it was the scuttlebutt back then.

[Robert DeLong]

David Bowie: 69 Facts

[Robert DeLong]

Actually both eyes are blue.

One of his pupils was permanently dilated - after his friend George Underwood punched him in the eye while the pair were still at school. The fight was over a girl.

[meowmeow]

RIP Ziggy Stardust. First album I ever bought. I still listen to it decades later. Bowie was my first childhood crush when I saw him on the Bing Cosby Christmas special.

[mowowie]

Great song
RIP

[knittnmom]

This is a surprise. Did not even know he was sick.

[xzins]

Bowie actually claimed in public in 1972 that he was gay. Jagger and Stewart pretended to be, and probably were MSM.

[Fantasywriter]

AWF, how on earth did you remember I am a Bowie fan? You are amazing. Thanks for the sad ping.

“Knowledge comes in death’s release,
And I ain’t got the power, anymore.”

[mowowie]

“This is not America”
I always loved that song

[Big Red Clay]

I saw Alice about a month ago, opening for Motley Crue. Not alot of difference as far as quality of performance from when I saw him in the mid ‘80s. He was awesome.

RIP Bowie. Great songs and one of my wife’s absolute favorite artists. We had just discussed trying to catch a show if he went out this summer. Very sad.

[SamAdams76]

Thanks for the link. That was an amazing track ("Wild Is The Wind").

I stopped listening to his albums in the 1970s but it's clear that I need to explore his later works, if that song is any indication of the quality.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I really like Major Tom. The version I had sounded like a German singer, but I bet Bowie did a bang-up job! Haunting.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Just had a feeling.

[Kriggerel]

I’m surprised that no one has yet mentioned that Bowie had a spider named after him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteropoda_davidbowie

[Joe Brower]

Wow, just wow. Truly the passing of a legend in his own time. Bowie was a true artist.

The first record I ever bought was his "Space Oddity" on 45rpm. That must have been, oh, 1972 or thereabouts.

RIP, Mr. Bowie.

[Borges]

He was always willing to try something different...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcOzkMgF44o&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9kfdEyV3RQ&feature=youtu.be

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

[Grin.]

[Fantasywriter]

Then you’re even more amazing! I saw the guy four times. Once I sneaked a camera in. I pointed it at him, and—not making this up—he pointed his finger at me and did a fantastic combo of classic pose and facial expression. I.e.: he gave me a stellar shot...but for an instant it scared me witless.

Btw, he loved his supermodel wife deeply and devotedly. People spreading rumors need to recheck their facts.

[mowowie]

The stars look very different today