David Bowie
1947-2016
Legendary British music icon, artist and actor
Jan 8, 1947: David Jones born in Brixton, London, UK
1960: Learns saxophone. Begins singing with his first band at age 15
Mid-60s: Changes name to David Bowie
Jul 1969: Space Oddity becomes British top five hit
Alter egos: Live show The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – with Bowie wearing flamboyant costumes and bright orange hair – catapults him to stardom in 1972. Bowie becomes Aladdin Sane with his sixth album (1973), then The Thin White Duke in Station to Station (1976)
Acting career: Plays an alien in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), lead role in Just a Gigolo (1978), The Elephant Man on Broadway (1980s), and Pontius Pilate in Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Recent years: Bowie keeps a low profile after undergoing heart surgery in 2004. His last live performance is in New York in 2006. He reemerges in 2013 with The Next Day. Album generates a social media firestorm
Jan 8, 2016: He releases Blackstar on his 69th birthday
Jan 10: David Bowie dies at the age of 69 from cancer
Pictures: Associated Press, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Getty Images, Night Spell
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David Bowie
1947-2016
Legendary British music icon, artist and actor
Jan 8, 1947: David Jones born in Brixton, London, UK
1960: Learns saxophone. Begins singing with his first band at age 15
Mid-60s: Changes name to David Bowie
Jul 1969: Space Oddity becomes British top five hit
Alter egos: Live show The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – with Bowie wearing flamboyant costumes and bright orange hair – catapults him to stardom in 1972. Bowie becomes Aladdin Sane with his sixth album (1973), then The Thin White Duke in Station to Station (1976)
Acting career: Plays an alien in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), lead role in Just a Gigolo (1978), The Elephant Man on Broadway (1980s), and Pontius Pilate in Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Recent years: Bowie keeps a low profile after undergoing heart surgery in 2004. His last live performance is in New York in 2006. He reemerges in 2013 with The Next Day. Album generates a social media firestorm
Jan 8, 2016: He releases Blackstar on his 69th birthday
Jan 10: David Bowie dies at the age of 69 from cancer
Pictures: Associated Press, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Getty Images, Night Spell
© GRAPHIC NEWS
David Bowie
1947-2016
Legendary British music icon, artist and actor
Jan 8, 1947: David Jones born in Brixton, London, UK
1960: Learns saxophone. Begins singing with his first band at age 15
Mid-60s: Changes name to David Bowie
Jul 1969: Space Oddity becomes British top five hit
Alter egos: Live show The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – with Bowie wearing flamboyant costumes and bright orange hair – catapults him to stardom in 1972. Bowie becomes Aladdin Sane with his sixth album (1973), then The Thin White Duke in Station to Station (1976)
Acting career: Plays an alien in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), lead role in Just a Gigolo (1978), The Elephant Man on Broadway (1980s), and Pontius Pilate in Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Recent years: Bowie keeps a low profile after undergoing heart surgery in 2004. His last live performance is in New York in 2006. He reemerges in 2013 with The Next Day. Album generates a social media firestorm
Jan 8, 2016: He releases Blackstar on his 69th birthday
Jan 10: David Bowie dies at the age of 69 from cancer
Pictures: Associated Press, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Getty Images, Night Spell
© GRAPHIC NEWS