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Source: Hollywood Reporter
David Bowie has died after a battle with cancer, his representative confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
"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 familys privacy during their time of grief," read a statement posted on the artist's official social media accounts.
The influential singer-songwriter and producer dabbled in glam rock, art rock, soul, hard rock, dance pop, punk and electronica during his eclectic 40-plus-year career.
Bowies artistic breakthrough came with 1972s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, an album that fostered the notion of rock star as space alien. Fusing British mod with Japanese kabuki styles and rock with theater, Bowie created the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust.
Three years later, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the No. 1 single Fame off the Top 10 album Young Americans, then followed with the 1976 avant-garde art-rock LP Station to Station, which made it to No. 3 on the charts and featured Top 10 hit Golden Years.
Other memorable songs included 1983s Lets Dance his only other No. 1 U.S. hit Space Oddity, Heroes, Changes, Under Pressure, China Girl, Modern Love, Rebel, Rebel, All the Young Dudes, Panic in Detroit, Fashion, Life on Mars Suffragette City and a 1977 Christmas medley with Bing Crosby.
Read more: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-bowie-dead-legendary-artist-854364
RIP. Mr Bowie
Is there life on Mars?
And, while we remember his many contributions to music--obviously the most significant contributions he made to world cultures--I'd also like to remember what a fine, sensitive actor he was. A real renaissance man.