He is already at the top of trends on Twitter, the tool chosen to announce his death, leaving his 746 followers dismayed and desperate: "David Bowie died today peacefully supported by his family after 18 months of courageous battle against cancer" .
January 10 2016 – David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle… https://t.co/ENRSiT43Zy
— David Bowie Official (@DavidBowieReal) January 11 2016
So the artist's family announced to the world, at 7,30 on 11 January, that the White Duke had passed away at the age of 69.
One of the greatest artists of our time disappears with David Bowie: musician, singer, mime, actor. His name is linked to overwhelming successes and the passion of an era for pop and rock. A crystal clear and unmistakable voice up to the end: just on January 8, a few days ago, he had released his latest album-testament "Blackstar". His career, which lasted 50 long years, began very early and left his fans with wonderful songs through numerous metamorphoses: from Life on Mars to Starman, from Rock'n roll suicide to Heroes, from The Elephant man to Ashes to Ashes, from Let's dance to Telling lies up to The next day, the great David Bowie has always surprised, amazed, enchanted with his voice and his art. Will it be like this in 2016 too? There is a bet.
A deserved fame and also recognized by the German government which expressed its condolences on the death of the artist, thanking him for having contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
“Goodbye David Bowie. You are now among the #Heroes. Thank you for helping us tear down the #wall,” reads a tweet from the Foreign Ministry, which adds a link to the video of the Cold War-era anthem, “Heroes,” set in Berlin then divided in two by the wall.
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