1947-2016

The legendary musician has died at the age of 69 after an 18-month battle with cancer. Here’s look back at one of the most colourful careers in rock history

David Robert Jones was born on January 8, 1947 in Brixton (England), son of a middle-class marriage made by the public relations Haywood Stenton "John" Jones and the waitress Margaret Mary "Peggy" Burns.

David Bowie in The Kon-rads in 1963

 David Bowie in 1964

�David Bowie as Davy Jones in 1965

�David Bowie performs on the British television show, Ready, Steady, Go in 1966

David Bowie plays an acoustic Espana 12-string guitar at the time of the release of Space Oddity in 1969 in London

Bowie circa 1970

�David Bowie at his home, Haddon Hall, at Beckenham, Kent, in 1971

The 1972 album cover Hunky Dory

�One of Bowie’s most memorable incarnations - Ziggy Stardust

�David Bowie with Fan in 1973 in Los Angeles

�David Bowie is seen off at the station by his wife Angie in 1973

The cover of Bowie’s album Aladdin Sane, which was released on 13 April, 1973

David Bowie performing as Ziggy Stardust at Radio City Music Hall in February 1973

�Bowie bites the strings of his guitarist, Mick Ronson, in 1973

The British singer David Bowie, during a performance in New York (USA) in 1974

Bowie posing for a shoot by Terry O’Neill in 1974

Bowie at Hilversum TV studios for Top Pop in 1975

David Bowie in 1976

 David Bowie in 1976

�David Bowie performs live at Ahoy, Rotterdam on on the final leg of his 1976 Thin White Duke World Tour

In the 1976 film The Man Who fell To Earth

David Bowie in 1978

David Bowie in 1978

 David Bowie en 1978

Bowie onstage on Low/Heroes 1978 world tour

�David Bowie drinks with Paul Simonon of The Clash, following the group’s concert at Shea Stadium, Queens, New York City 1982

Ann Magnuson and David Bowie in the movie 'The Hunger', in 1983

David Bowie performing at Wembley, London in 1983

Portrait of singer David Bowie in 1983

David Bowie during a concert in Devore, California on May 30, 1983

 Iman & David Bowie

�David Bowie performs on stage during the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium 1985 in London

David Bowie on his Glass Spider tour in Rotterdam 1987

�David Bowie in 1991

David Bowie performing with his new band Tin Machine in 1991

The British musician David Bowie during a concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland) in 2002

David Bowie with his wife, Iman, in New York in 2002

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