David Bowie, who passed away Sunday at the age of 69, was a music video pioneer. The artist started releasing clips in the late 1960s, and continued to explore the music video as an art form throughout his career. Just a few days before his death he released a new one, “Lazarus,” a haunting and evocative piece featuring Bowie blindfolded in a hospital bed.

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