At 69 years old and just 2 days after his birthday, the “White Duke” died on January 10, 2016 due to liver cancer that he had suffered from for 18 months. His serious illness was hidden from the press, only he and his family knew. Throughout his life, Davie Bowie had a great musical career which featured 25 studio works, including “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”, “Heroes” and “Space Oddity”. He also had great hits such as Let’s Dance, Heroes, Rebel, Rebel, Life on Mars, Suffragette City.But weighs his great success, Bowie not only focused on music, the artist managed to capture his feelings in all formats, whether in painting, design or writing. The highlight of the life of the musical star, is his latest work, which was presented on his 69th birthday, 2 days before his death. Blackstar was their twenty-fifth album, a work that has only seven songs and about 45 minutes in length, considered by critics as one of the best albums in history.
After the release of Blackstar, some theories came to light, some indicated that the first single, Lazarus, is a harbinger of his death, here below we leave you part of the lyrics:
“Look up here, I’m in heaven, I have scars that are not seen, I have drama, it can’t be stolen, everyone knows me now.”
The album of only 45 minutes in length reached the top of the music charts of many countries. It sold 146,000 copies in its first week in the UK and over 181,000 in the US. It reached the top of the iTunes download chart in 25 countries, and became bowie’s first album to reach the top of the US Billboard chart.This latest major milestone by Bowie shows us that despite not being physically, his music and art will be present in history.
