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1947-2016

The legendary musician has died at the age of 69 after an 18-month battle with cancer. Heres look back at one of the most colourful careers in rock history

David Robert Jones was born on January 8, 1947 in Brixton (England), son of a middle-class marriage made by the public relations Haywood Stenton "John" Jones and the waitress Margaret Mary "Peggy" Burns.

David Bowie in The Kon-rads in 1963Photograph: V&A/PA

David Bowie in 1964.

David Bowie as Davy Jones in 1965Photograph: Redferns

David Bowie performs on the British television show, Ready, Steady, Go in 1966Photograph: Michael Ochs/Corbis

David Bowie plays an acoustic Espana 12-string guitar at the time of the release of Space Oddity in 1969 in LondonPhotograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Bowie circa 1970Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images

David Bowie at his home, Haddon Hall, at Beckenham, Kent, in 1971Photograph: Alamy

The 1972 album cover Hunky Dory

David Bowie with Fan in 1973 in Los Angeles. Photograph: Michael Ochs/Corbis

The British singer David Bowie, during a performance in New York (USA) in 1974.. (BETTMANN/CORBIS)

David Bowie in 1976 ANDREW KENT / RETNAUK (CORBIS).

One of Bowies most memorable incarnations - Ziggy Stardust. Photograph: Ilpo Musto/REX Shutterstock

David Bowie is seen off at the station by his wife Angie in 1973. Photograph: Smith/Getty Images

The cover of Bowies album Aladdin Sane, which was released on 13 April, 1973Photograph: Getty Images

David Bowie performing as Ziggy Stardust at Radio City Music Hall in February 1973. Photograph: Neal Preston/Corbis

Bowie bites the strings of his guitarist, Mick Ronson, in 1973. Photograph: Rex Features

Bowie posing for a shoot by Terry ONeill in 1974Photograph: Terry O'Neill/Getty Images

Bowie at Hilversum TV studios for Top Pop in 1975. Photograph: Sunshine/REX Shutterstock

David Bowie in 1976.

David Bowie in 1978.

David Bowie performs live at Ahoy, Rotterdam on on the final leg of his 1976 Thin White Duke World Tour. Photograph: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns

In the 1976 film The Man Who fell To Earth. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/BRITISH LION

David Bowie in 1978. HULTON-DEUTSCH COLLECTION/CORBIS

David Bowie en 1978.( Corbis)

Bowie onstage on Low/Heroes 1978 world tour. Photograph: Richard E. Aaron/Redferns

Photograph: Bob King/Redferns

Ann Magnuson and David Bowie in the movie 'The Hunger', in 1983. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURES/SUNSET BOULEVARD/CORBIS

David Bowie drinks with Paul Simonon of The Clash, following the groups concert at Shea Stadium, Queens, New York City 1982. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

David Bowie performing at Wembley, London in 1983. Photograph: Kevin.Mazur/WireImage

Portrait of singer David Bowie in 1983. RALPH GATTI (AFP)

David Bowie during a concert in Devore, California on May 30, 1983. (ROGER RESSMEYER/CORBIS)

Iman & David Bowie

David Bowie performs on stage during the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium 1985 in London. Photograph: Georges De Keerle/Getty Images

David Bowie on his Glass Spider tour in Rotterdam 1987. Photograph: Ilpo Musto/REX/Shutterstock

David Bowie in 1991. Photograph: Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock

David Bowie performing with his new band Tin Machine in 1991. Photograph: Ian Dickson/REX/Shutterstock

The British musician David Bowie during a concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland) in 2002. FABRICE COFFRINI (EFE)

David Bowie with his wife, Iman, in New York in 2002. SUZANNE PLUNKETT (AP)

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