Death of David Bowie

Death of David Bowie in January 2016

Death of David Bowie

Flowers outside David Bowie's New York City apartment in January 2016

Date| 10 January 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-10)
Location| New York City, U.S.
Cause| Liver cancer

On 10 January 2016, the English musician David Bowie died at his Lafayette Street home in New York City, having been diagnosed with liver cancer 18 months earlier. He died two days after the release of his twenty-sixth and final studio album, Blackstar, which coincided with his 69th birthday.

Bowie kept his illness private, and friends and fans alike were surprised by his death. Makeshift memorials were created in London, New York City, Berlin, and other cities in which Bowie had lived; sales of his albums and singles saw a significant increase. Numerous musicians and public figures also expressed their grief. Many commentators noted Bowie's impact on music, fashion and culture and wrote of his status as one of the most influential musical artists of all time.[1][2]

## Timeline

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Bowie released his album The Next Day in early 2013 after having secretly recorded it over the previous two years, surprising fans and critics who had assumed that he had retired.[3] Following its release, he went back into the studio to begin work on his next (and final) album, Blackstar, also in secret.[4] In June and July 2014, Bowie recorded his single "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" and around this time, Bowie was diagnosed with liver cancer.[5] He told only his family and people he was working with at the time about his condition; Ivo van Hove, with whom Bowie was collaborating on the off-Broadway musical Lazarus, was told shortly after Bowie himself found out.[6] Tony Visconti, Bowie's friend and producer of many Bowie albums, including Blackstar, was told in January 2015. Visconti recalled that Bowie was completely bald from his chemotherapy when they spoke.[7] Other musicians who worked with Bowie to record Blackstar said that, during recording, they did not know he was sick.[8]

By mid-2015, as the studio sessions for Blackstar were completed, it was hoped that the cancer was in remission, but by November 2015, around the time his single "Blackstar" was released, the cancer had spread throughout his body and Bowie was told by his doctors that his condition was terminal.[9] He was in the middle of filming the video for his song "Lazarus" when the decision was made to end his cancer treatment.[10] Bowie's last public appearance before his death was at the 7 December 2015 opening night of his musical Lazarus.[11] Bowie released his final studio album Blackstar on 8 January 2016, his 69th birthday.[12][13][14] Bowie reportedly wrote a five-year plan for what he wanted done with his music after he died.[15]

Bowie died on 10 January 2016, and his Facebook page posted the following message: "Jan. 10, 2016 – 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."[16]

Many musicians who had worked with Bowie over the years, such as Mike Garson, Gerry Leonard, Brian Eno, Nile Rodgers, Reeves Gabrels, Tina Turner, Iggy Pop, Sterling Campbell, Earl Slick and Gail Ann Dorsey, had not been told about his illness and were surprised when Bowie died.[17][18]

On 12 January 2016, in accordance with his will, Bowie was cremated in New Jersey, and his ashes were scattered in accordance with Buddhist rituals in Bali, Indonesia.[19][20] Bowie had vacationed in Bali in the 1980s and had written the song "Tumble and Twirl" about his exploits there.[21]

A few days after his death, a letter discussing his final moments was published by palliative care doctor Mark Taubert. The letter was initially published in the British Medical Journal[22] and then the Independent Newspaper[23] and was shared by David Bowie's son Duncan Jones.[24] It was published in newsrooms worldwide[25][26][27] and addresses issues such as palliative care and planning for the end of life. Bowie's story became a way to communicate important aspects of dying with a palliative care patient.[28] Dylan Jones included the letter in his Bowie biography David Bowie – A Life.[29]

## Reaction

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### David Bowie Is

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Main article: David Bowie Is

David Bowie Is was a travelling museum show that displayed the history, artifacts and information about Bowie's life and works. The show, which ran from 2013 through 2018, was at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands when Bowie died, and as a result the museum considered cancelling the show, and there were also discussions as to whether to keep the name in the present tense (David Bowie Is).[30] The decision was made instead to extend the show for 4 weeks to allow grieving fans to attend.[31]

### Fans

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Apartment building at Hauptstraße 155, Schöneberg, Berlin, where Bowie lived from 1976 to 1978. Following his death, fans created makeshift shrines outside of the building.

Memorials to Bowie were created around the world in the hours following his death. In Brixton, the London area in which Bowie was born, a mural painted in 2013 by Australian artist Jimmy C became a shrine at which fans left flowers, records and handwritten messages.[32] As well as leaving flowers, fans gathered in the streets of Brixton on the evening of the 11th of January to sing together and celebrate his life and works.[33] Over 5,000 people marked themselves as 'attending' on the Facebook event.[34] The crowds feature in footage at the start and end of The Last Five Years, a BBC documentary about the last five years of Bowie's life.[35] The mural features Bowie as he appeared on his iconic Aladdin Sane album cover, with a red and blue stripe appearing diagonally across his face as if it had been painted upon it. In Berlin, fans left flowers outside the flat in which Bowie and Iggy Pop had lived while Bowie created his seminal "Berlin trilogy" of albums—Low, "Heroes" and Lodger—in the late 1970s as well as Pop's albums The Idiot and Lust for Life (which Bowie produced).[36] Flowers were also left outside Bowie's New York City apartment and next to his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.[37] In Milan, fans held a flash mob memorial service in Colonne di San Lorenzo[38] while fans in Rio de Janeiro paid tribute to Bowie in February's Rio Carnival.[39] In Japan, hours after Bowie's death, a devoted fan was detained for threatening to commit suicide with a box cutter in public.[40]

### Other musicians

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Tony Visconti, who produced a number of Bowie's albums including the "Berlin trilogy", Young Americans, and Bowie's final studio album, Blackstar, wrote: "He always did what he wanted to do. And he wanted to do it his way and he wanted to do it the best way. His death was no different from his life—a work of art. He made Blackstar for us, his parting gift. I knew for a year this was the way it would be. I wasn't, however, prepared for it. He was an extraordinary man, full of love and life. He will always be with us. For now, it is appropriate to cry".[41]

Mick Jagger said, "David was always an inspiration to me and a true original. He was wonderfully shameless in his work. We had so many good times together ... He was my friend. I will never forget him".[42] Friend and collaborator Iggy Pop described him on social media as "the light of my life", while singer-songwriter Madonna tweeted: "Talented. Unique. Genius. Game Changer" and sang "Rebel, Rebel" at her Houston concert.

Queen, with whom he collaborated on "Under Pressure", tweeted a link to the video of the song, with the words: "This is our last dance...."[43]

Elton John commented that "we all know how inspiring he is. We all know that his music stands. We don't have to say anything about the music: it speaks for itself. He was innovative, he was boundary-changing, and he danced to his own tune—which in any artist is really rare".[44] John also performed a cover of "Space Oddity" at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles two days after Bowie's death.[45]

Kate Bush, noted for rarely giving public statements, told The Guardian in an interview: "David Bowie had everything. He was intelligent, imaginative, brave, charismatic, cool, sexy and truly inspirational both visually and musically. He created such staggeringly brilliant work, yes, but so much of it and it was so good. There are great people who make great work but who else has left a mark like his? No one like him".[46]

Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode said, "I had seen the news but it wasn't until my wife told me he had died that I just broke down in tears. My daughter came out and they were both hugging me. It really affected me. I felt a huge gap. One of the things I was most regrettable about was that I had never really gone up to him at any time I'd seen him in passing and said, 'You know, David, I bump into you every once in a while, but I've never told you how much your music has meant to me and continues to mean to me.'"[47]

The Who honoured Bowie during their concert of 3 March 2016 at New York's Madison Square Garden with images of Bowie and noting "We'll miss our friend, a true icon of music and art, and a brilliant innovator."[48]

Debbie Harry said "Who doesn't love Bowie? A visionary artist, musician, actor, a completely renaissance man who has given us a long list of songs like 'Heroes,' 'Rebel Rebel,' 'Young Americans,' 'Diamond Dogs,' 'The Jean Genie,' and some memorable film performances like The Man Who Fell to Earth, Basquiat, Labyrinth, The Hunger. I can't say enough things about David Bowie to show how much I love him."[49] Paul McCartney, meanwhile, shared a picture of him and Bowie together on Instagram and commented that "David was a great star and I treasure the moments we had together. His music played a very strong part in British musical history and I'm proud to think of the huge influence he has had on people all around the world".[50][non-primary source needed]

Bruce Springsteen commented "Over here on E Street, we're feeling the great loss of David Bowie. David was a visionary artist and an early supporter of our music. Always changing and ahead of the curve, he was an artist whose excellence you aspired to. He will be sorely missed."[51] Bowie had previously recorded cover versions of Springsteen's songs "Growin' Up" and "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" early on in Springsteen's career.[52] On the opening night of The River Tour 2016 in Pittsburgh on 16 January, Springsteen & the E Street Band opened their encore with a cover of "Rebel Rebel".[53]

Yoko Ono noted Bowie's friendship with herself and John Lennon, and thanked him for being a "father figure" to her son Sean following Lennon's death.[54]

### Angie Bowie and "David's dead" Celebrity Big Brother incident

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At the time of Bowie's death, his ex-wife Angie was competing as a housemate on the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother in the United Kingdom. After the show's producers informed her of his death off camera, Angie returned to the house and confided in fellow housemate Tiffany Pollard, exclaiming "David's dead".[55] Pollard however thought she was referring to David Gest, another housemate on the show who had been unwell for several days.[56] Pollard became hysterical, resulting in other housemates going to check on Gest, who was in the bedroom asleep. Angie decided to voluntarily leave the house a week later, following Gest who had left for medical reasons two days earlier.[57][58] Gest died three months later.[59]

### Homages from outside of popular culture

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A banner paying tribute to David Bowie on the Trinity Bar in Harrow, UK

British Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to Bowie, calling him "an immense British talent" and stating "musically, creatively, artistically, David Bowie was a genius".[60][61]

The German Foreign Office tweeted "Good-bye, David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping to bring down the #wall", referencing Bowie's time in Berlin in the 1970s as well as his 1987 concert near the Berlin wall.[62]

Vatican Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi tweeted some of the words to Bowie's song "Space Oddity" in memoriam after Bowie's death.[63]

Given the astronomical theme of several of his works, tributes came from numerous astronauts and astronomers, including Chris Hadfield and Neil deGrasse Tyson. NASA tweeted "The stars look very different today" from their Twitter account, directly quoting "Space Oddity".[64]

## Analysis of Blackstar

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Bowie's final album, Blackstar—styled as ★ on the cover—was heavily analysed following his death, and numerous supposed clues about Bowie's fate were discussed. The album's second single "Lazarus" includes the lyrics "Look up here, I'm in heaven/I've got scars that can't be seen", which appeared in numerous news publications after his death.[65] The album's title was believed to have symbolised death; it is the name given to a cancerous lesion, as well as the term for the transitional state between a collapsed star and a singularity. It is reminiscent of "Black Star" (released as "Flaming Star" when the movie it was tied to was renamed), a song about death by one of Bowie's musical idols, Elvis Presley, which features the lyrics "When a man sees his black star, he knows his time has come".[66] The video for "Lazarus" included visuals of Bowie retreating into a wooden cupboard, and writing with a skull on his desk—seemed to many to symbolise Bowie's imminent death.[66]

Other lyrics were scrutinised; the track "Dollar Days", for example, featured the line, "Don't believe for just one second I'm forgetting you/I'm trying to/I'm dying to". The title and refrain of the album's final track, "I Can't Give Everything Away", was believed by some commentators to refer to Bowie keeping his imminent fate private whilst hinting at it throughout the album, while its use of the harmonica solo from "A New Career in a New Town"—an instrumental track on Bowie's 1977 album Low which refers to his move to Berlin—was considered a reference to Bowie beginning another new phase of his life.[66]

## Impact on music sales

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Following Bowie's death, sales of his albums and singles soared. Blackstar, already on track to claim the number one spot in the United Kingdom, accelerated in sales and stayed atop the albums chart for three weeks, as well as topping the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.[67] Blackstar topped the album charts in 24 countries, including France, Germany and Italy, while it made the top 5 in a further six countries, including Japan and South Korea.[citation needed]

In the United States, Bowie's combined album and song sales rose to 682,000 following his death, which was a rise of more than 5,000%.[68] Another nine of his albums re-entered in the Billboard 200, including The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Hunky Dory, Let's Dance, Aladdin Sane, Low, and The Next Day. On the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart, Bowie broke the record for most entries by a single artist, with 21 songs.[69]

Blackstar was replaced at number one in the UK by his 2002 compilation Best of Bowie, making Bowie the first artist to replace themselves atop the album chart since Michael Jackson did so following his death in 2009.[70] In the week following his death, Bowie had 19 albums and 13 singles in the top 100 charts for both categories, with his 1977 single ""Heroes"" reaching a new peak of number 12.[71] Bowie would later equal Elvis Presley's record for most albums in the top 40 at one time, with twelve.[72]

In France, David Bowie had three singles enter the top 10, including "Space Oddity" which peaked at number one and gave Bowie his first chart-topping single in the country. The Bowie compilation album Nothing Has Changed gained new peaks worldwide in countries where it had never made the top 10, rising to number one in New Zealand (where it spent four weeks), number three in Australia, number four in Austria and Germany, number five in Switzerland, number six in Netherlands, number seven in Hungary, and number nine in Italy. Global streams of Bowie's music on streaming service Spotify spiked by 2,822% after his death, while the singer occupied all ten of the top ten music videos on the iTunes video chart.[73]

Bowie was the biggest-selling vinyl artist of 2016 in the UK, with five albums in the vinyl Top 30, including Blackstar as the number one selling vinyl album of the year. BPI, who oversees the charts, noted that Bowie's album likely "would have sold in large volumes" even had Bowie not died.[74]

Internationally, Spotify reported a 2,000 percent increase in song streams.[75]

## Tributes and services

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Several artists performed songs by Bowie during concerts in the weeks following his death, including Elton John, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Red Hot Chili Peppers.[76] Numerous cities across the world also held events to remember Bowie.[77] A concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City called The Music of David Bowie had already been announced, and was turned into a memorial event after news of his death broke; tickets sold out in two hours.[78] A number of artists performed and paid tribute at a memorial event in London's Union Chapel six days after his death.[79] Lady Gaga was chosen to perform a tribute to Bowie at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, which featured a medley of his songs such as "Space Oddity", "Changes", "Ziggy Stardust", "Fame", and "Let's Dance".[80] In New Orleans, a large second line parade was led by the band Arcade Fire in the French Quarter. The event was held in February with fans packing the streets dressed in their Bowie-inspired attire.[81] The rock band Phish performed Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album in its entirety as their Halloween costume at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on 31 October 2016.[82] Bowie was presented the Brits Icon award in February 2016, a few weeks after his death. Singer Annie Lennox paid tribute to Bowie at the presentation, singer Lorde performed "Life on Mars?" with Bowie's old touring band, and actor Gary Oldman, Bowie's friend, accepted the award on Bowie's behalf.[83]

The video game Omikron: The Nomad Soul, in which Bowie voiced characters, composed the soundtrack, and contributed to the story writing, was offered as a free download for a week following Bowie's death.[84]

David Bowie portrayed FBI Agent Phillip Jeffries in David Lynch's Twin Peaks prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. In the 2017 revival series, Jeffries is portrayed as a glowing white orb emitted from the end of a large kettle-shaped device. Part 14 of the revival series is dedicated to Bowie's memory.

Bowie was included in the "In Memoriam" tribute at the 88th Academy Awards in a performance by Dave Grohl.[85]

Lin-Manuel Miranda was writing songs for the Disney film Moana after Bowie died, and said "The world had already been mourning Bowie, I'd been listening to Bowie on a loop" and as a result wrote the song "Shiny" partially as a tribute to him.[86]

On American Idol's 15th-season finale, the winners sang some of Bowie's most famous songs on stage.[87]

Glenn Branca, whom Bowie had met and had referred to as an influence on his Tin Machine music, released The Light (for David) in 2016. Branca called Bowie "a kind of muse" and wrote the piece as a tribute to him. [88]

For a short time, the street sign for Bowie Street in Austin, Texas (named for Alamo hero James Bowie), was amended to read David Bowie Street.[89]

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, who toured with Bowie on The Outside Tour during its North American leg, and appeared later in the music video for "I'm Afraid of Americans", produced "I Can't Give Everything Away (Farewell Mix)" a remix of the final song from Blackstar, and performed it live on 20 July 2017.[90]

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* O'Leary, Chris (2019). Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1976–2016. London: Repeater Books. ISBN 978-1-91224-836-0.

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David Bowie

* Discography
* Songs
* Awards and nominations
* Filmography
* Videography
* Band members
* Death
* Art collection

Studio albums|

* David Bowie (1967)
* David Bowie (1969)
* The Man Who Sold the World
* Hunky Dory
* The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
* Aladdin Sane
* Pin Ups
* Diamond Dogs
* Young Americans
* Station to Station
* Low
* "Heroes"
* Lodger
* Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
* Let's Dance
* Tonight
* Never Let Me Down
* Black Tie White Noise
* The Buddha of Suburbia
* Outside
* Earthling
* Hours
* Heathen
* Reality
* The Next Day
* Blackstar
* Toy

| With Tin Machine|

* Tin Machine
* Tin Machine II

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Live albums|

* David Live
* Stage
* Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture
* Santa Monica '72
* LiveAndWell.com
* Glass Spider
* Live Santa Monica '72
* VH1 Storytellers
* Bowie at the Beeb
* A Reality Tour
* Live Nassau Coliseum '76
* Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)
* Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)
* Serious Moonlight (Live '83)
* Glastonbury 2000
* ChangesNowBowie
* Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
* Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)
* I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)
* No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95)
* Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)
* David Bowie at the Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99)

| With Tin Machine|

* Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby
* Live at La Cigale, Paris, 25th June, 1989

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Soundtracks|

* Christiane F.
* Love You till Tuesday
* Labyrinth
* Lazarus
* Moonage Daydream

EPs|

* Baal
* BBC Sessions 1969–1972
* Earthling in the City
* Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks)
* Space Oddity
* The Next Day Extra
* No Plan
* Is It Any Wonder?

Compilations|

* The World of David Bowie
* Images 1966–1967
* Changesonebowie
* The Best of Bowie
* Changestwobowie
* Rare
* Golden Years
* Fame and Fashion
* Changesbowie
* Early On (1964–1966)
* The Singles Collection
* Rarestonebowie
* The Deram Anthology 1966–1968
* The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974
* The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979
* Bowie at the Beeb
* All Saints
* Best of Bowie
* Club Bowie
* The Collection
* The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987
* iSelect
* Nothing Has Changed
* Legacy

Box sets|

* Sound + Vision
* The Platinum Collection
* David Bowie
* Five Years (1969–1973)
* Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976)
* A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)
* Loving the Alien (1983–1988)
* Spying Through a Keyhole
* Clareville Grove Demos
* The 'Mercury' Demos
* Conversation Piece
* Brilliant Live Adventures
* Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001)

Concert videos|

* The 1980 Floor Show
* Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
* Serious Moonlight
* Glass Spider
* Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby
* VH1 Storytellers
* Reality: Tour Ed.
* A Reality Tour
* Glastonbury 2000

Video albums|

* Love You till Tuesday
* Video EP
* Jazzin' for Blue Jean
* Day-In Day-Out
* Tin Machine
* Bowie – The Video Collection
* Black Tie White Noise
* Jump: Interactive CD-ROM
* Best of Bowie
* Reality
* The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987
* The Next Day Extra

Documentaries|

* Cracked Actor
* Ricochet
* Black Tie White Noise
* Sound and Vision
* Moonage Daydream

Tours|

* Ziggy Stardust Tour
* Diamond Dogs Tour
* Isolar
* Isolar II
* Serious Moonlight Tour
* Glass Spider Tour
* Sound+Vision Tour
* Outside Tour
* Earthling Tour
* Hours Tour
* Mini Tour
* Heathen Tour
* A Reality Tour

| With Tin Machine|

* Tin Machine Tour
* It's My Life Tour

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Characters|

* Major Tom
* The Thin White Duke
* Ziggy Stardust
* The Spiders from Mars

In popular
culture|

* "Bowie"
* David Bowie Is
* Jareth
* Phillip Jeffries
* Statue of David Bowie
* Lazarus
* Stardust
* Symphony No. 1 "Low"
* Symphony No. 4 "Heroes"
* Symphony No. 12 "Lodger"
* The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
* We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie

Related|

* Iman (wife)
* Angie Bowie (first wife)
* Duncan Jones (son)
* The Hype
* Junior's Eyes
* BBC Sessions
* Berlin Trilogy
* Arnold Corns
* Ava Cherry
* The Nomad Soul
* David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
* Heteropoda davidbowie
* 342843 Davidbowie
* Tao Jones Index
* BowieNet
* Bowie Bonds

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