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David Bowie
David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, he was known for his frequent reinvention and visual presentation, and is often referred to as the "chameleon of rock". His music, stagecraft and fashion have had a significant impact on popular culture.
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entertainment · English musician and actor (1947–2016) · painter · singer-songwriter · guitarist · saxophonist · composer · film actor · record producer · songwriter · actor · singer · also David Bowie, David Robert Jones, David Jones, Davy Jones, Thin White Duke, Halloween Jack
Born 8 January 1947 · Died 10 January 2016 · Q5383
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2026· 43 entries
Neshoba Democrat: Rev. John David Jones
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La Tercera: Low: Bowie’s Berlin Years
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102.5 KZOK: On This Day In 1977 David Bowie Released The Single 'Heroes'
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Radio X: Was David Bowie's "Heroes" really based on a true story?
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La Tercera: Berlín: cuando David Bowie quiso perderse
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Ferrol 360: Del universo de David Bowie al blues británico: Dani Wilde Band llega al Jofre de Ferrol
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Men's Journal: Rock Legend, Covered by David Bowie and Johnny Cash, Turns 77
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GQ España: David Bowie antes de David Bowie: los orígenes musicales del artista ven la luz
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CrazyMinds: The Shel Talmy Recordings - David Bowie: Una radiografía del mito
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Diario de Ferrol: Músicos de ABBA o David Bowie, en el concierto de Dani Wild en Ferrol
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Legacy obituary: David Jones Obituary (2026) - Peoria, AZ - Arizona Daily Star
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escribiendocine.com: KOLAPSE Festival llega al Cine York con películas de David Lynch, Greta Thunberg, David Bowie y Marina Abramović
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Q105 | Listen Live: David Bowie’s 1965 Recordings Released With Jimmy Page Guitar Work
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American Songwriter: This David Bowie Hit From the 80s Featured Three Legendary Contributors
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theriffreport.co.uk: Ziggyfest 2025: David Bowie Festival to Host Epic Lookalike Contest ⚡👨🎤
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MusicRadar: “Primitive and somewhat unformed, but still instantly recognisable”: How some lost David Bowie songs were discovered in a Californian loft
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efeeme.com: Pódcast Efe Eme: Faro del Norte con Beck, Cat Power, Neil Young, David Bowie y The Human League
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smsu.edu: Inauguration of Dr. David Jones Set for Oct. 1
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El Espectador: Hijo de David Bowie anuncia que será padre por primera vez
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Indie Hoy: La banda más importante de los años 80 para Dave Grohl y David Bowie
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losandes.com.ar: Narnia vuelve al cine con una de las mejores actrices de la historia: Netflix reveló al nuevo Aslan inspirado en David Bowie
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faroutmagazine.co.uk: The David Bowie song that was almost banned
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Mixmag: 10 lost David Bowie tracks released on streaming for the first time
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Released album “The Shel Talmy Recordings”.
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“I can confirm it is sadly true. It”
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“questioning [his] spiritual life [was] always ... germane”
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“living with her is like living with a blow torch”
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Published video “David Bowie - Today (Demo) Official Visualiser”.
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Yahoo: New early David Bowie demo released from upcoming album, 'The Shel Talmy Recordings'
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The Guardian: ‘I put a raging dent in Neil Young’s forehead!’ Tim Pope on his riotous videos for the Cure, Bowie, Queen, Soft Cell and more
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The Guardian: Ronnie Le Drew, puppeteer behind Zippy and David Bowie’s goblins, dies aged 78
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Published video “Before there was David Bowie, there was Davie Jones.”.
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Published video “The stars look very different today ✨ #artemisII #spaceoddity #nasa #davidbowie”.
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Published video “Did you know that Bowie starred in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants?”.
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Published video “Is there life on Mars?”.
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Published video “LET'S SWAY 💃 #davidbowie #letsdance #80smusic”.
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Published video “Yes, he was alright ✨”.
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Published video “POV: David Bowie in his vlogging era”.
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Published video “"You remind me of the babe..." ✨ #DavidBowie #Labyrinth”.
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Published video “Bowie was unserious in the best way possible... #DavidBowie”.
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Bowie's unreleased 1965 recordings with Shel Talmy, sessions that featured Jimmy Page on guitar and Nicky Hopkins on piano, were released in a compilation album, The Shel Talmy Recordings, on 18 September
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Bowie's unreleased 1965 recordings with Shel Talmy, sessions that featured Jimmy Page on guitar and Nicky Hopkins on piano, are set to be released in a compilation album, The Shel Talmy Recordings, on 18 September
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2025· 1 entry
Released album “I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002–2016)”.
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2024· 1 entry
Released album “Rock ’n’ Roll Star!”.
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2023· 1 entry
Covering Bowie's recordings from 2000 through 2016
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2022· 11 entries
Released album “Divine Symmetry”.
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Snopes rated the claim “In 1999, David Bowie said about the internet, in part, "I think we’re actually on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying."” Correct Attribution.
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Released album “60s Rarities”.
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Released album “Moonage Daydream: A Film by Brett Morgen”.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows David Bowie predicting the rise of internet, social media, emojis and misinformation.” Misleading.
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News Mobile rated the claim “The viral video shows David Bowie predicting about internet” False.
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NewsMobile rated the claim “The viral video shows David Bowie predicting about internet” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Video of English singer-songwriter David Bowie predicting the impact of internet back in 1999” MISLEADING.
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The Quint rated the claim “Video shows David Bowie predicting the future of the internet and the far-right.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “In a 1999 segment on "Newsnight," musician David Bowie predicted phone addition, viral cat videos, and the phrase social media.” Originated as Satire.
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Sky Arts ranked him the most influential artist in Britain of the last 50 years
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2021· 2 entries
Released album “Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001)”.
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Snopes rated the claim “In a 1983 interview with MTV, David Bowie asked a host why the television music channel did not feature more work by Black artists.” Correct Attribution.
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2020· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “In an interview that published widely in 1976, David Bowie said he believed in fascism and that "Adolf Hitler was one of the first rock stars."” Correct Attribution.
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Released album “The Width of a Circle”.
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fact checker rated the claim “Iman did not see Lexi,her daughter with David Bowie, in six months.” selective.
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A previously unreleased version of "The Man Who Sold the World" was released, followed by a streaming-only EP, Is It Any Wonder
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2019· 3 entries
Released album “Conversation Piece”.
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Released album “The ‘Mercury’ Demos”.
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Released album “Dance”.
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2018· 2 entries
Released album “Loving the Alien (1983–1988)”.
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A statue of Bowie was unveiled in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, the town where he debuted Ziggy Stardust
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2017· 6 entries
Released album “David Bowie Monsterjam”.
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Released album “A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)”.
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Released album “Bowpromo”.
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Released album “David Bowie: Starman Audio Documentary”.
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Loving the Alien (1983–1988) in 2018, Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001) in 2021, which saw the official release of the shelved album Toy, and I Can't Give Everything Away (2002–2016) in 2025
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Bowie's estate released the No Plan EP, which included "Lazarus" and three Blackstar outtakes, and a series of posthumous live albums: Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74), Live Nassau Coliseum '76 and Welcome to the Bla
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2016· 33 entries
Released album “Legacy”.
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Released album “Lazarus”.
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Released album “Who Can I Be Now? 1974–1976”.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Pat Robertson claimed David Bowie wasn't dead, but instead that "demons kidnapped him to entertain them in Hell."” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Pat Robertson claimed David Bowie wasn't dead, but instead that "demons kidnapped him to entertain them in Hell."” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “An image shows musicians David Bowie and Lemmy Kilmister together at a party.” False.
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Died 2016-01-10.
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Released album “★”.
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“Credo che il Rock and Roll sia pericoloso.”
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Was analysed as a powerful farewell to his fans
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Belgian amateur astronomers at MIRA Public Observatory created a "Bowie asterism" of seven stars which had been in the vicinity of Mars at the time of Bowie's death; the "constellation" forms the lightning bolt on Bowie'
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“I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human. I felt very very puny as a human. I thought, "Fuck that. I want to be a superman.”
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“Andy Warhol looks a screamHang him on my wallAndy Warhol, Silver ScreenCan't tell them apart at all. (ang.)”
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“I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.”
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“I, I will be kingAnd you, you will be queenThough nothing will drive them awayWe can beat them, just for one dayWe can be heroes, just for one day. (ang.)”
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“Ground control to Major Tom. (ang.)”
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“She's uncertain if she likes himBut she knows she really loves him. (ang.)”
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“Jakieś trzy dni po urodzeniu wpadłem w rozpaczliwą depresję i pomyślałem: „No cóż, nie ma sensu płakać nad rozlanym mlekiem”, po prostu się tym zajmę.”
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“Poganin to najlepsze określenie dla kogoś o nieoświeconym umyśle. Uważam, że współczesny człowiek staje się niestety właśnie kimś takim… Jeżeli już się nim nie stał, stosując się tylko do najprymitywniejszych standardów moralnych, duchowych czy intelektualnych, nawet nie kłopocząc się czymś takim, jak rozwój własnego wnętrza. Taki człowiek bazuje tylko na tym co materialne i doczesne.”
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“Znajduję wolność jedynie w sferze własnej ekscentryczności.”
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“Damas, caballeros... y otros». [Ladies, gentlemen... and others].”
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“Andy Warhol wygląda jak krzykPowieś go na mojej ścianieAndy Warhol, Srebrny EkranW ogóle nie potrafię ich rozróżnić.”
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“Mira aquí arriba, estoy en el cielo / Tengo cicatrices que no se pueden ver». [Look up here, I'm in heaven / I've got scars that can't be seen].”
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“I believe that Rock & Roll is dangerous.”
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“Adolf Hitler tarihteki ilk rock yıldızlarından biriydi.”
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“Siempre tuve una especie de necesidad repulsiva de ser algo más que humano. Me sentía muy, muy insignificante como ser humano». [I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human. I felt very very puny as a human].”
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“Il mio scrivere rivela certe qualità riflessive orientali ed evidenzia una straordinaria paranoia tutta occidentale. Convivono entrambe. Una natura contraddittoria che appare su diversi livelli del mio lavoro, che spesso risulta confuso, ma il fatto è che sono io a essere confuso.”
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“Bana çok kötü filmler teklif ediyorlar. Hep travestiler veya marslılar.”
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“Soy una estrella instantánea. Solo agrega agua y revuelve». [I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir].”
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“Il rock è sempre stato la musica del diavolo.”
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“Ben su ilavesi ile yıldız olabilecek birisiyim.”
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“Rock has always been the devil's music.”
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“Ja, ja będę królemA ty, ty będziesz królowąChoć nic ich nie odstraszyMożemy ich pokonać, tylko na jeden dzieńMożemy być bohaterami, chociaż przez jeden dzień.”
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “Five Years 1969–1973”.
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A main-belt asteroid was named 342843 Davidbowie
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2014· 1 entry
Released album “Nothing has changed.”.
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2013· 5 entries
Awarded Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2013).
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Released album “Zeit! 77–79”.
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Released album “The Next Day”.
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Named Bowie the best-dressed Briton in history
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Was featured in a cameo vocal in the Arcade Fire song "Reflektor"
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2012· 1 entry
Released album “Original Album Classics”.
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2011· 2 entries
Released album “Toy”.
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His image was chosen by popular vote for the B£10m note of the local currency of his birthplace, the Brixton Pound
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2008· 3 entries
Released album “iSELECT”.
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Released album “Reality / A Reality Tour”.
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The spider Heteropoda davidbowie was named in Bowie's honour
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2007· 5 entries
Released album “Outside / Earthling / Hours / Heathen / Reality”.
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Awarded Webby Lifetime Achievement Award (2007).
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Released album “The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987”.
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Released album “The Secret Songs”.
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And the rights to the income from the songs reverted to Bowie
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2006· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006).
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Released album “Black Tie White Noise (Extras)”.
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Bowie was voted the fourth greatest living British icon in a poll held by the BBC's Culture Show
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Bowie portrayed a fictionalised version of the inventor Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan's The Prestige
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2005· 5 entries
Released album “The Platinum Collection”.
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Released album “The Collection”.
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Bowie said whether God exists "is not a question that can be answered
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“is not a question that can be answered. ... I”
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And an essay for the booklet accompanying Iggy Pop's A Million in Prizes: The Anthology the same year
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2004).
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Was 39th on the Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
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2003· 3 entries
Released album “Club Bowie: Rare and Unreleased 12″ Mixes”.
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Released album “Reality”.
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Released album “To Have and Not Have”.
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2002· 5 entries
Awarded Great Britons (2002).
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Released album “Heathen”.
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Accompanied with various characters and looks from over his career, with Ziggy Stardust at the front
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Released album “Best of Bowie”.
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“Livewire interview (16 June 2002)”
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “All Saints (Collected Instrumentals 1977–1999)”.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “David Bowie's wife said she once caught him in bed with Mick Jagger.” Mixture.
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2000· 6 entries
Released album “Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72”.
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Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2000).
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“I would never have any intention of accepting anything like that. I seriously don”
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But was shelved due to EMI/Virgin's lack of faith in its commercial appeal
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They had one daughter, Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones, born on 15 August 2000.
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Released album “Duos”.
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1999· 4 entries
Released album “‘hours…’”.
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“Hours... albümü için yaptığı röportajdan, 1999”
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Bowie was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, and received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music
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“Commencement Address for the Berklee College of Music, at Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts (8 May 1999)”
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1998· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1998).
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Released album “The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979”.
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“I wanted to create an environment where not just my fans, but all music fans could be part of a single community where vast archives of music and information could be accessed, views stated and ideas exchanged.”
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To record "(Safe in This) Sky Life" for The Rugrats Movie
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1997· 12 entries
Released album “The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974”.
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Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1997).
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Released album “The Deram Anthology 1966–1968”.
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Released album “Earthling”.
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Released album “The 24K Gold Collection: Golden Years”.
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“Inspirations (1997), quoted in "Looking back at David Bowie's invaluable advice for young artists”
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“Opis: z wywiadu dla Radiowej Trójki – Münster, 22 lutego 1997.”
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Released album “Alternative Biography”.
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A portion of the proceeds from the pay-per-view showing of Bowie's 50th birthday concert in 1997 was donated to Save the Children.
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The bonds were bought for US$55 million by the Prudential Insurance Company of America
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Founded the publishing company 21 Publishing
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“one of the best tours of his life”
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1996· 3 entries
Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1996).
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The Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2013
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Released album “The Laughing Gnome”.
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1995· 3 entries
Released album “1.Outside: The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle”.
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Released album “RarestOneBowie”.
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Released album “London Boy”.
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1993· 7 entries
Released album “The Buddha of Suburbia”.
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Released album “The Singles Collection”.
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Released album “Black Tie White Noise”.
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And continued experimenting with musical styles, including industrial, jungle and drum and bass
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Bowie released his first solo offering since his Tin Machine departure, the soul, jazz and hip-hop influenced Black Tie White Noise
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Released album “The Gospel According to David Bowie”.
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Bowie said he had an "undying" belief in the "unquestionable" existence of God
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1991· 2 entries
Released album “Early On (1964–1966)”.
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Appeared in an episode of the HBO sitcom Dream On and in Richard Shepard's The Linguini Incident
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1990· 2 entries
Released album “Changesbowie”.
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“Interviewed in Q magazine (April 1990)”
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1989· 1 entry
Released album “Sound + Vision”.
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1988· 1 entry
Received praise for his brief role as Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese's biblical epic The Last Temptation of Christ
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1987· 2 entries
Released album “Never Let Me Down”.
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Denied following any particular religion or religious philosophy
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1986· 3 entries
Released album “Labyrinth: From the Original Soundtrack of the Jim Henson Film”.
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“Absolute Beginners (1986)”
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Appeared in Julien Temple's rock musical Absolute Beginners and in Jim Henson's dark musical fantasy Labyrinth as Jareth, the villainous Goblin King
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1985· 1 entry
“A View to a Kill (1985)'de Max Zorin rolünü geri çevirme sebebi.”
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1984· 4 entries
Released album “Tonight”.
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Released album “Love You Till Tuesday”.
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Released album “Fame and Fashion (David Bowie’s All Time Greatest Hits)”.
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“Sermon From the Savoy", New Musical Express (29 September 1984)”
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1983· 9 entries
Released album “Let’s Dance”.
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“the biggest mistake I ever made”
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That his public declaration of bisexuality was "the biggest mistake I ever made"
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“1983 Comment, quoted in Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies 15th Edition (2003) by Leslie Halliwell, p. 60”
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Released album “A Second Face”.
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Released album “Space Oddity / The Man Who Sold the World”.
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Starred as a vampire in Tony Scott's erotic horror film The Hunger and as a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp in Nagisa Ōshima's Merry Christmas, Mr
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Bowie criticised the channel for not providing enough coverage of Black musicians, becoming visibly uncomfortable when Goodman suggested that the network's fear of backlash from the American Midwest was one reason for su
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Released album “Golden Years”.
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1982· 4 entries
Starred in the titular role in a BBC adaptation of the Bertolt Brecht play Baal
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Released album “Fashions”.
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Released album “Rare”.
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Released album “Portrait of a Star”.
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1981· 5 entries
Released album “ChangesTwoBowie”.
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Released album “Christiane F.: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo”.
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For a one-off single release, "Under Pressure"
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“Christiane F. - Noi, i ragazzi dello zoo di Berlino (1981)”
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Released album “Another Face”.
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1980· 2 entries
Released album “The Best of Bowie”.
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Released album “Scary Monsters… and Super Creeps”.
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1979· 1 entry
Released album “Lodger”.
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1978· 3 entries
Released album “David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf”.
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Released album “Bowie Now”.
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Bowie starred in David Hemmings's Just a Gigolo, alongside Marlene Dietrich
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1977· 5 entries
Released album ““Heroes””.
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Released album “Low”.
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Released album “Starting Point”.
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“s novel Buddha Of Suburbia. 49. Bowie plays sax on To Know Him Is To Love Him from Steeleye Span”
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“Etichetta: RCA, 1977, prodotto da David Bowie, Tony Visconti”
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1976· 5 entries
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actor for The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976).
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Released album “ChangesOneBowie”.
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Released album “Station to Station”.
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Led to the establishment of Rock Against Racism
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Purchasing a chalet in the hills north of Lake Geneva
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1975· 1 entry
Released album “Young Americans”.
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1974· 4 entries
Released album “Diamond Dogs”.
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Initially staying in New York City before settling in Los Angeles
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Changed direction and adopted a new persona, Halloween Jack, for the album Diamond Dogs
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“Etichetta: RCA, 1974, prodotto da David Bowie”
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1973· 5 entries
Released album “Pin Ups”.
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Released album “Aladdin Sane”.
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“Opis: w 1973, w liście do swojej menadżerki, pisanym z podróży Koleją Transsyberyjską.”
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Released album “Images 1966–1967”.
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Corinne "Coco" Schwab was Bowie's personal assistant for 43 years, from 1973 until his death in 2016.
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1972· 3 entries
Released album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars”.
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During the glam rock era, with the Ziggy Stardust character and its accompanying album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
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“Etichetta: RCA Victor, 1972, prodotto da Ken Scott, David Bowie”
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1971· 2 entries
Released album “Hunky Dory”.
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“Etichetta: RCA Records, 1971, prodotto da Ken Scott, David Bowie”
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1970· 2 entries
Released album “The Man Who Sold the World”.
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Released album “The World of David Bowie”.
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1969· 3 entries
Released album “David Bowie”.
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With "Space Oddity", a UK number-five single from his second album
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“Etichetta: Philips Records, 1969, prodotto da Tony Visconti (tranne la traccia Space Oddity), Gus Dudgeon”
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1967· 1 entry
From the influence of his half-brother, Bowie became interested in Buddhism and, with commercial success eluding him, he considered becoming a Buddhist monk
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1962· 1 entry
When his friend George Underwood punched him in the left eye during a fight over a girl
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1961· 1 entry
Met Peter Frampton, who was three years younger
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1955· 1 entry
Where he attended Burnt Ash Junior School
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1947· 1 entry
Born 1947-01-08.
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