--- title: David Bowie, Legendary Pop Artist, Dead At 69 description: The British musician David Bowie died on Sunday after an 18-month battle with cancer, two days after his 69th birthday canonical: https://time.com/4174815/david-bowie-death-cancer/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-11T07:13:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:11:26.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: David Bowie, Legendary Pop Artist, Dead at 69 og:description: The singer battled cancer for 18 months. og:url: https://time.com/4174815/david-bowie-death-cancer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae3bf4d6606e8b4e/6988786f524fc02e32df6382/david-bowie-rock-musician-obit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BRITAIN-GERMANY-MUSIC-BOWIE-FILES og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: David Bowie, Legendary Pop Artist, Dead at 69 twitter:description: The singer battled cancer for 18 months. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae3bf4d6606e8b4e/6988786f524fc02e32df6382/david-bowie-rock-musician-obit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # David Bowie, Legendary Rock Artist, Dead at 69 > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:11 PM UTCPublished: Jan 11, 2016 7:13 AM UTC  British musician David Bowie poses for a portrait at the Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 1983. British musician David Bowie poses for a portrait at the Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 1983.Ralph Gatti—AFP/Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:11 PM UTCPublished: Jan 11, 2016 7:13 AM UTC The British musician David Bowie died on Sunday after an 18-month battle with cancer, two days after his 69th birthday. The artist’s verified [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/davidbowie/posts/10153176666977665) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/DavidBowieReal/status/686434952464982016) accounts were the first to post the news, which his son, Duncan Jones, then [confirmed](http://news.sky.com/story/1620422/david-bowie-has-died-from-cancer-son) to Sky News. Bowie was one of the most celebrated musicians of modern times and for many years a figurehead of pop’s avant-garde. He was born David Robert Jones in South London in 1947 and used this surname in the early days of his career, but by 20, he was Bowie: the svelte, almost foppish pop singer increasingly keen on melding the traditions of rock ’n’ roll with the stylistic affectations of camp. Two years later, on his eponymous second album, he released _Space Oddity_, the track still praised as one of his masterpieces and the one that introduced the world to Major Tom, the astronaut who wistfully sets off to explore the cosmos.  Flowers are left beneath a mural of British singer David Bowie, painted by street artist James Cochran, known as Jimmy C, following the announcement of Bowie's death, in Brixton, south London, on Jan. 11, 2016. Chris Ratcliffe—AFP/Getty Images He was a willful shape-shifter. Major Tom was one in an ensemble of alter egos, which contributed in part to the legendary theatricality of his stage shows. There was, in 1972, Ziggy Stardust, who affirmed the popular image of Bowie as a dazzling androgyne; a year later, there was Aladdin Sane, a darker iteration of Ziggy, haunted by the scepters of fame and drug addiction; in 1976, we met the Thin White Duke, whom writer David Buckley later described as a debonair “barman from hell” inspired by the artist’s penchant for cocaine. By the early 1980s, after a decade of hit singles like “Young Americans” and “Fame,” he was “music’s most exquisite artifact,” as TIME critic Jay Cocks wrote in 1983\. That year, when new-wave sounds of bands like New Order and Duran Duran were setting the tenor of pop, his album _Let’s Dance_ propelled him to a new stratosphere of fame. He was a pioneer beyond music. In a 1976 interview with _Playboy,_ he casually identified himself as bisexual, at a time when bisexuality — or even homosexuality — did not necessarily sit well with the public palate. He was married twice, both times to women: first, from 1970 until 1980 to Angie Barnett, who later alleged he had an affair with Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger, and again to the Somali-American fashion model named as Iman, from 1992 until his death. The couple had one daughter together; Duncan Jones, 44, is from Bowie’s marriage with Barnett. ### See Intimate Photos of David Bowie Throughout His Career  David Bowie, "Smiling and Waving and Looking So Fine," 1972. ©Sukita—Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery  David Bowie, "The First Time I Saw You," 1972. ©Sukita—Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery  David Bowie, "Keep Your 'Lectric Eye," 1973. ©Sukita—Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery  David Bowie, "Watch That Man III," 1973. ©Sukita—Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery  David Bowie, "Heroes to Come," 1977. ©Sukita—Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery  David Bowie, "Heroes," 1977. ©1977/1997 Risky Folio, Inc. Courtesy of The David Bowie Archive™  David Bowie, "A Day in Kyoto 2- Hankyu Train," 1980. ©Sukita—Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery  David Bowie, "A Day in Kyoto 3- Platform," 1980. ©Sukita—Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery  David Bowie, "Ki," 1989. ©Sukita—Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery Kanye West hailed David Bowie as one of his “most important inspirations” in a tribute to the singer on Twitter. He says Bowie was “so fearless, so creative, he gave us magic for a lifetime.” The American singer Iggy Pop tweeted: > [](https://twitter.com/IggyPop/status/686487748149121024) British rocker Billy Idol also took to Twitter to describe his loss, saying he was “nearly brought to tears” by the sudden news of Bowie’s passing, adding “RIP.” Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who described himself as a huge fan, said Bowie would be “deeply mourned.” “From the time I saw his Ziggy Stardust concert as a student, I thought he was a brilliant artist and an exciting and interesting human being,” Blair said in a statement. “It was a great privilege when I got to meet him later in life.” ### The Many Faces of David Bowie  David Bowie is seen c. 1965. CA—Redferns/Getty Images  David Bowie during a portrait session in 1966 in London. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  David Bowie in his "Ziggy Stardust" guise in June, 1972 in London. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Twiggy poses with David Bowie for the cover of his Pin Ups album in 1973 in Paris. Justin de Villeneuve—Getty Images  David Bowie performs c. 1973. Archive Photos/Getty Images  From left: Angie Bowie, his son Zowie Bowie (Duncan Jones) and David Bowie, appear at a press conference at the Amstel Hotel on Feb. 7, 1974 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Gijsbert Hanekroot—Redferns/Getty Images  David Bowie is seen with a large barking dog while working on the artwork for his album Diamond Dogs in London in 1974. Terry O'Neill—Getty Images  From left: David Bowie, Yoko Ono and John Lennon at the 17th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 28, 1975 in New York City. Ron Galella—Getty Images  David Bowie during the filming of The Man Who Fell To Earth in Los Angeles in 1976. Terry O'Neill—Getty Images  Iggy Pop and David Bowie in Germany in March 1977. Evening Standard/Getty Images  David Bowie performs on Saturday Night Live on Dec. 15, 1979 in New York City. NBC/Getty Images  From left: Carmine Rojas, David Bowie, and Carlos Alomar perform during the Serious Moonlight tour in 1983 at Wembley Arena in London. Phil Dent—Redferns/Getty Images  Paul McCartney and David Bowie backstage at Live Aid on July 13, 1985 in London. Dave Hogan—Getty Images  David Bowie plays an acoustic guitar while being photographed at a press conference in Tokyo on May 19, 1990. AP  Annie Lennox and David Bowie perform "Under Pressure" at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert on April 20, 1992 in London. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  David Bowie onstage at Madison Square Garden for his 50th Birthday Concert in New York City on Jan. 9, 1997. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  David Bowie is seen while being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Calif. on Feb. 12, 1997. Jim Smeal—Getty Images  David Bowie performs during the Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park on June 13, 2004 in Newport, U.K. Jo Hale—Getty Images  David Bowie performs with Arcade Fire at Conde Nast's 2005 Fashion Rocks Show on Sept. 8, 2005 in New York City. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  David Bowie during his last live performance on Nov. 09, 2006 in New York City. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  David Bowie attends the 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on June 7, 2010 in New York City. Andrew H. Walker—Getty Images  David Bowie and Iman are seen on April 28, 2011 in New York City. Andrew H. Walker—Getty Images  David Bowie in 2015. Jimmy King Comedian Ricky Gervais, who persuaded his idol to appear on his television show, “Extras,” wrote on Twitter: “I just lost a hero. RIP David Bowie.” In a 2010 article, Gervais wrote about how David Bowie inspired him and how he later met him and worked with him. 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