David Bowie *RIP* 1947-2016
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David Bowie *RIP* 1947-2016
Legendary Artist David Bowie Dies at 69
by Mike Barnes, THR Staff 1/10/2016 10:42pm PST
David Bowie has died after a battle with cancer, his representative 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.
The influential singer-songwriter and producer, who dabbled in glam rock, art rock, soul, hard rock, dance pop, punk and electronica during his eclectic 40-plus-year career, died after a battle with cancer.
Bowie’s artistic breakthrough came with 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, an album that fostered the notion of rock star as space alien. Fusing British mod with Japanese kabuki styles and rock with theater, Bowie created the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust.
Three years later, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the No. 1 single “Fame” off the Top 10 album Young Americans, then followed with the 1976 avant-garde art-rock LP Station to Station, which made it to No. 3 on the charts and featured Top 10 hit “Golden Years.”
Other memorable songs included 1983’s “Let’s Dance” — his only other No. 1 U.S. hit — “Space Oddity,” “Heroes,” “Changes,” “Under Pressure,” “China Girl,” “Modern Love,” “Rebel, Rebel,” “All the Young Dudes,” “Panic in Detroit,” “Fashion,” “Life on Mars” “Suffragette City” and a 1977 Christmas medley with Bing Crosby.
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With his different-colored eyes (the result of a schoolyard fight) and needlelike frame, Bowie was a natural to segue from music into curious movie roles, and he starred as an alien seeking help for his dying planet in Nicolas Roeg’s surreal The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). Critics later applauded his three-month Broadway stint as the misshapen lead in 1980’s The Elephant Man.
Bowie also starred in Marlene Dietrich’s last film, Just a Gigolo (1978), portrayed a World War II prisoner of war in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983), and played Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). And in another groundbreaking move, Bowie, who always embraced technology, became the first rock star to morph into an Internet Service Provider with the launch in September 1998 of BowieNet.
Born David Jones in London on Jan. 8, 1947, Bowie changed his name in 1966 after The Monkees’ Davy Jones achieved stardom. He played saxophone and started a mime company, and after stints in several bands, he signed with Mercury Records, which in 1969 released his album Man of Words, Man of Music, which featured “Space Oddity,” a poignant song about an astronaut, Major Tom, spiraling out of control.
by Mike Barnes, THR Staff 1/10/2016 10:42pm PST
David Bowie has died after a battle with cancer, his representative 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.
The influential singer-songwriter and producer, who dabbled in glam rock, art rock, soul, hard rock, dance pop, punk and electronica during his eclectic 40-plus-year career, died after a battle with cancer.
Bowie’s artistic breakthrough came with 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, an album that fostered the notion of rock star as space alien. Fusing British mod with Japanese kabuki styles and rock with theater, Bowie created the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust.
Three years later, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the No. 1 single “Fame” off the Top 10 album Young Americans, then followed with the 1976 avant-garde art-rock LP Station to Station, which made it to No. 3 on the charts and featured Top 10 hit “Golden Years.”
Other memorable songs included 1983’s “Let’s Dance” — his only other No. 1 U.S. hit — “Space Oddity,” “Heroes,” “Changes,” “Under Pressure,” “China Girl,” “Modern Love,” “Rebel, Rebel,” “All the Young Dudes,” “Panic in Detroit,” “Fashion,” “Life on Mars” “Suffragette City” and a 1977 Christmas medley with Bing Crosby.
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With his different-colored eyes (the result of a schoolyard fight) and needlelike frame, Bowie was a natural to segue from music into curious movie roles, and he starred as an alien seeking help for his dying planet in Nicolas Roeg’s surreal The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). Critics later applauded his three-month Broadway stint as the misshapen lead in 1980’s The Elephant Man.
Bowie also starred in Marlene Dietrich’s last film, Just a Gigolo (1978), portrayed a World War II prisoner of war in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983), and played Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). And in another groundbreaking move, Bowie, who always embraced technology, became the first rock star to morph into an Internet Service Provider with the launch in September 1998 of BowieNet.
Born David Jones in London on Jan. 8, 1947, Bowie changed his name in 1966 after The Monkees’ Davy Jones achieved stardom. He played saxophone and started a mime company, and after stints in several bands, he signed with Mercury Records, which in 1969 released his album Man of Words, Man of Music, which featured “Space Oddity,” a poignant song about an astronaut, Major Tom, spiraling out of control.
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Re: David Bowie *RIP* 1962-2016
Someone might want to fix the subject line as he was born in 1947, not 1962. I just saw a random post on Facebook from someone saying "rip david bowie" and I thought it was either a joke or they meant something else.
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Just saw this everywhere online and came here immediately. I'm just at a loss. And I'm just so sad. I hate hearing this before going to bed. R.I.P. Mr. Bowie. You were such a huge talent and there will never ever be another like you.
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Is this real?
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I just saw this on social media and also thought it was a sick joke. Was it known (publicly) that he was in very poor health? I don't remember seeing/reading about it before now.
Kind of in shock.
Kind of in shock.
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From the hoard:
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And for those with shorter attention spans:
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And for those with shorter attention spans:
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Did we just lose The Tall Man AND The Man Who Fell To Earth?
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He did have emergency heart surgery for a blocked artery about ten years ago when he was on tour. And he was a heavy smoker. He's been bit of a recluse for the last few years so maybe he was battling some type of cancer that the public didn't know about.
I saw him on tour during his Ziggy Stardust days when that album was all the rage. I didn't care much for his "disco" phase and lost interest in his work when he joined up with Tin Machine.
The last thing I saw him in was an episode of "Extras" and he was great in that.
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Re: David Bowie *RIP* 1962-2016
Damn, we've lost Lemmy and Bowie within days of each other.
These are hitting me hard...
These are hitting me hard...
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Re: David Bowie *RIP* 1962-2016
Had to wake up for a piss break and my feed blew up. Can't go to sleep now. Looks like it's time to get Blackstar. I saw that he had been battling cancer for 18 months. I'll probably watch my CC BD of Man Who Fell to Earth now.
P.S. somebody fix the headline. It's 1947 not 1962.
P.S. somebody fix the headline. It's 1947 not 1962.
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What a kick in the dick upon waking up.
Fuck.
Fuck.
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if anyone doesn't feel like crying right now I'd steer clear of the Heroes music video.
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I'm sure we've all had at least a family member or friend who has died from cancer. I hate to sound this way, but I'm getting really tired of all the money and fund raising events we throw at this with still no "cure."
It is just really hard for me to believe with all the research, money, medical geniuses out there, that there is still not much progress, other than having people and their families break the fucking bank just to stay "alive" a little while longer, all while feeling like shit.
Rant over. Tired of this shit.
RIP - David Bowie.
It is just really hard for me to believe with all the research, money, medical geniuses out there, that there is still not much progress, other than having people and their families break the fucking bank just to stay "alive" a little while longer, all while feeling like shit.
Rant over. Tired of this shit.
RIP - David Bowie.