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David Bowie Dead
Hollywood Reporter ^ | 1/10/2016 | THR

Posted on 01/10/2016 10:51:22 PM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


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To: Albion Wilde

*like*


201 posted on 01/11/2016 5:58:19 AM PST by Monkey Face (Set some goals. Stay quiet about them. Smash the dickens out of them. Clap for your damn self.)
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To: xzins
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.
202 posted on 01/11/2016 5:59:40 AM PST by 4yearlurker (Sodom punished for those who practiced an abominable vice as a religious rite-Henry C. Beck)
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To: kik5150
David Bowie: 69 Facts
203 posted on 01/11/2016 6:00:48 AM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: Albion Wilde
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.

204 posted on 01/11/2016 6:02:16 AM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: kik5150

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.


205 posted on 01/11/2016 6:04:41 AM PST by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: TigersEye

Great song
RIP


206 posted on 01/11/2016 6:05:11 AM PST by mowowie (`)
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To: kik5150; Ellendra

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


207 posted on 01/11/2016 6:06:22 AM PST by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: 4yearlurker

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


208 posted on 01/11/2016 6:07:48 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

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.”


209 posted on 01/11/2016 6:08:01 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: dfwgator

“This is not America”
I always loved that song


210 posted on 01/11/2016 6:08:05 AM PST by mowowie (`)
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To: DickBrannigan

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.


211 posted on 01/11/2016 6:08:58 AM PST by Big Red Clay (Greetings from the Big Red State)
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To: Yaelle
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.

212 posted on 01/11/2016 6:14:18 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: TigerClaws

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


213 posted on 01/11/2016 6:17:05 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (1000 muslim migrant gang-rapists in Germany -- Trump helped trigger protests.)
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To: Fantasywriter

Just had a feeling.


214 posted on 01/11/2016 6:19:10 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (1000 muslim migrant gang-rapists in Germany -- Trump helped trigger protests.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

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


215 posted on 01/11/2016 6:20:55 AM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: kik5150
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.

216 posted on 01/11/2016 6:24:40 AM PST by Joe Brower (The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
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To: kik5150

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


217 posted on 01/11/2016 6:30:52 AM PST by Borges
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To: Kriggerel

[Grin.]


218 posted on 01/11/2016 6:31:28 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (1000 muslim migrant gang-rapists in Germany -- Trump helped trigger protests.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

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.


219 posted on 01/11/2016 6:32:11 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: kik5150

The stars look very different today


220 posted on 01/11/2016 6:32:15 AM PST by mowowie (`)
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