The British singer, actor and music legend David Bowie (69) is deceased. On his official website is the message he is deceased after a 18-month battle against cancer in the presence of his family.
His official Twitter account reports: "David Bowie is peaceful deceased, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with cancer 18 months While many of you will share this loss, we ask that the family's privacy during the period of mourning. respect. "
His son Duncan Jones said on Twitter. "Very sad, but it's true. I am temporarily offline."
His death comes unexpectedly. Bowie had not known that he was seriously ill. Dramatist Ivo van Hove knew it, because he worked with Bowie on his music theater Lazarus. Bowie told him at the beginning of the collaboration, in 2014, confided that he had liver cancer, Van Hove said to the NIS. Bowie found that Van Hove had to know why he was not always able to attend the rehearsals.
The play was last month in New York premieres. Bowie took afterwards with Van Hove the applause, but he was no more answer and autograph hunters were kept at a distance.
Last week released his latest album Black Star, on his 69th birthday. The Groninger Museum is currently a large exhibition about his career and his work.
Extraterrestrial
Bowie, who actually called David Robert Jones was born on January 8, 1947 in London. His first hit was the song Space Oddity about astronaut Major Tom, who makes a spacewalk and come loose from his spaceship.
Afterwards he managed to score new hits again and again, each time with a different music and clothing. In 1972 he said in an interview with the introduction of a new androgynous clothing that he was gay. Four years later, he called himself bisexual, in the eighties, he called himself a bisexual who always remained in the closet.
Bowie took a number no. 1 quotations in the Dutch Top 40, such as Under Pressure (1981) with Queen, Tonight (1984) with Tina Turner and Dancing in the Street (1985) with Mick Jagger.
Solo in 1983 he took the first place with Let's Dance. Other high rankings in the Dutch Top 40 were Sound and Vision (1977) and China Girl (1983). Other big hits were Fame (1975) and Heroes (1977).
Film
Bowie also starred in dozens of films, including Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) and Absolute Beginners (1986). He also played a few times himself, like Christiane F. (1981).
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