Singer David Bowie has died at the age of 69 following a battle with cancer.<\/p>\n
His son director Duncan Jones confirmed the news and a statement was released on his official social media accounts.<\/p>\n
“David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer,” it said.<\/p>\n
“While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief.”<\/p>\n
Bowie’s last live performance was in 2006.<\/p>\n
The singer only released his latest album Blackstar on his birthday on Friday.<\/p>\n
There had been rumours about Bowie’s health for years.<\/p>\n
His last live performance was at a New York charity concert in 2006.<\/p>\n
Sixty-six facts about David Bowie<\/strong><\/p>\n Blackstar, which includes just seven songs, has been well received by critics.<\/p>\n Bowie’s breakthrough came with 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.<\/p>\n His hits include Let’s Dance, Space Oddity, Heroes, Under Pressure, Rebel, Rebel, Life on Mars and Suffragette City.<\/p>\n Bowie changed his name in 1966<\/p>\n He was also well known for creating his flamboyant alter ego Ziggy Stardust.<\/p>\n Space Oddity<\/strong><\/p>\n He also carved out an acting career including his role as an alien seeking help for his dying planet in Nicolas Roeg’s<\/p>\n The Man Who Fell to Earth in 1976.<\/p>\n He did a three-month stint as The Elephant Man on Broadway in the 1980s.<\/p>\n Bowie also starred in Marlene Dietrich’s last film, Just a Gigolo (1978), and played Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).<\/p>\n Bowie was born David Jones in London on 8 January in 1947 but Bowie changed his name in 1966 after The<\/p>\n Monkees’ Davy Jones achieved stardom.<\/p>\n He was in several bands before he signed with Mercury Records, which released his album Man of Words, Man of Music in 1969, which included Space Oddity.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Singer David Bowie has died at the age of 69 following a battle with cancer. His son director Duncan Jones confirmed the news and a statement was released on his official social media accounts. “David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer,” it said. “While many of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n