Legendary Singer David Bowie Passes Away After 18 month Battle With Cancer

British singer, song writer and Instrumentalist, David Bowie past away yesterday, Sunday 10 January 2016 after secretly battling cancer for 18 months.

“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 family’s 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. He just released his 25th album, Black star, Jan. 8, which was his birthday.

In 1975, Bowie, born David Robert, achieved his first major American crossover success with the number-one single “Fame” and the hit album “Young Americans”, which the singer characterized as “Plastic Soul”. The sound constituted a radical shift in style that initially alienated many of his UK devotees.

He also carved out an acting career including his role as an alien seeking help for his dying planet in Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth in 1976.

He did a three-month stint as The Elephant Man on Broadway in the 1980s.

Bowie also starred in Marlene Dietrich’s last film, Just a Gigolo (1978), and played Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).

I truly hate writing posts like this,its so sad .Grab your Headphones and listen to Bowie's 1983 hit song , Let's Dance click for song....still a banger all day,everyday.