The morning of January 10, 2016 for many fans of the famous rock musician, composer, singer, artist and actor David Bowie became tragic. On that day, the charismatic chameleon of rock music, as his colleagues called it, was gone. The death of David Bowie for many was a surprise, since until his last breath he was distinguished by his cheerfulness.
Interesting Facts
David Bowie wrote and performed compositions that, although they were in the rock direction, were innovative. He managed to demonstrate his own uniqueness in each of his works. Bowie's songs were distinguished by deep philosophical meaning, and the singer loved to experiment with musical directions. However, not only his work was unique. David Bowie's colorful eyes also became part of his image . Damage to the left eyeball, which was the result of injury during a fight with a friend because of the girl, could not be eliminated. The singer with one blue and one black eye did not complex about it at all, laughing that he now has "different points of view."
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David Bowie loved experiments, and it was not just about music. Sensing changes in fashion, he reacted to them instantly. This manifested itself in the color of hair, and in make-up, in and clothes, and even in sexual orientation . In the seventies, when America was experiencing a sexual revolution, he claimed that he loved both women and men. In the eighties, David Bowie became the founder of a public organization that defended the rights of long-haired men.
Drugs, night hangouts, a sea of alcohol, fights and problems with the police - in the life of the famous rock musician there was a place for everything! Even marrying the famous model Angela Barnett and the birth of Zoe's son did not make David change his attitude to life. After lasting ten years, the wife of Bowie was tired of adultery, the absence of her husband at night, and filed for divorce.
In 1990, David met the one who was with him until the last day. After the death of David Bowie, his widow Iman remained with a broken heart. Two days before, her native man had celebrated his sixty-ninth birthday. On the same day, another significant event happened in his life: a new album, Blackstar, was released, which, unfortunately, became the last album published during the life of the musician.
The last months of life
The cause of the death of a musician is not a secret - David Bowie died as a result of an unsuccessful fight against liver cancer. The disease was diagnosed eighteen months earlier, but, unfortunately, the doctors were powerless. The situation was aggravated and transferred for this time six heart attacks. For the family, the hard death of David Bowie did not come as a surprise, although they tried to push the day of death with all their strength. The musician suffered severe pains in the last months of his life, but this did not stop him from completing work on the last album, which is considered to be the most successful in his career.
On January 14, 2016 it became known that the body of the famous "chameleon rock music" was cremated in New York. However, relatives, carrying out the will of David Bowie, the place of burial of the ashes are going to be kept secret. David Bowie believed that neither the date of death, nor the grave itself, nor the tombstone mean anything. Like his friend Freddie Mercury, he preferred that people remember his actions, and not worship the dust. After all, does the date of death matter if David Bowie lived a bright life? In the meantime, it remains to wish that Iman, the widow of the musician, and his two children, who became the meaning of the life of a rock musician, could cope with the grief that befell their family.
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