{"id":13120,"date":"2016-01-14T08:03:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T08:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=13120"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:10:11","slug":"david-bowie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/david-bowie","title":{"rendered":"The World Mourns The Loss Of David Bowie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Celebrities like Paul McCartney, Iggy Pop, Kanye West, Madonna, and Mick Jagger have expressed their condolences. The world is reminiscing about the legend\u2019s life and legacy.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A long battle with cancer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/davidbowie\/posts\/10153176666977665\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His official Facebook page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> released the following statement:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<strong>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\u2019s privacy during their time of grief.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He had kept his cancer a secret, even from his closest friends, so the news was especially shocking. However, it was clear that his health was declining during the last decade. After suffering a heart attack in 2004, he stopped touring. His final onstage appearance was a duet with Alicia Keys in 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13121\" style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/blackball091106-07.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"707\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/blackball091106-07.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/blackball091106-07-85x63.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anlimara.com\/bowie\/blackball091106-07.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>A\u00a0beloved husband and father<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bowie was married to Mary Angela Barnett for about 10 years and had a son named Duncan, who is an English film director, film producer, and screenwriter. In 1992, he married Somali-American supermodel Iman. He was immediately taken the minute he set eyes on her. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThat she would be my wife, in my head, was a done deal,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;d never gone after anything in my life with such passion in all my life. I just knew she was the one.&#8221; \u00a0She was a little more hesitant &#8211; \u201cI did not want to get involved with a rock star. \u00a0No way. It is not a sane thing to do, but David changed my mind. He wooed me,&#8221; Iman said.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their relationship defied the odds. Unlike most celebrity pairings, it lasted for decades. And the two purposefully kept their relationship out of the spotlight. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI am married to David Jones. David Bowie and David Jones are two totally different people,\u201d she said. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The couple has a fifteen-year-old daughter together, named Alexandria<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the day of his passing, Iman posted a message on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/the_real_iman\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">her Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cSometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13122\" style=\"width: 708px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/tumblr_n00sno0jmq1tqfi62o2_500.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"708\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/tumblr_n00sno0jmq1tqfi62o2_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/tumblr_n00sno0jmq1tqfi62o2_500-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/tumblr_n00sno0jmq1tqfi62o2_500-85x50.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/bd64660297e1a1fe065c7d1da1faef5c\/tumblr_n00sno0JMQ1tqfi62o2_500.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Remembering his best moments<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As news of his death spread, fans are rediscovering what made them fall in love with the artist. For instance, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/music\/posts\/la-et-ms-david-bowie-mtv-interview-race-racism-transcript-20160112-story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an old MTV interview <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">resurfaced online. In 1983, Bowie called out the network for not featuring enough black artists.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong> \u201cIt occurred to me, having watched MTV over the last few months, that\u2019s it\u2019s a solid enterprise, really. It\u2019s got a lot going for it. I\u2019m just floored by the fact that there are so few black artists featured on it. Why is that?\u201d he demanded of interviewer Mark Goodman. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bowie went on to say that most of the black artists were only featured from 2:30 to 6 in the morning, not during the day. Goodman\u2019s defense was that black artists were not appealing to all Americans, claiming that more conservative towns would be scared to death by Prince or \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a string of other<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">black faces and black music<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d To that Bowie responded \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Isn\u2019t that interesting?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d with a smirk.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13123\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13123 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/la-et-ms-david-bowie-mtv-interview-race-racism-transcript-20160112.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/la-et-ms-david-bowie-mtv-interview-race-racism-transcript-20160112.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/la-et-ms-david-bowie-mtv-interview-race-racism-transcript-20160112-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/la-et-ms-david-bowie-mtv-interview-race-racism-transcript-20160112-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-56953430\/turbine\/la-et-ms-david-bowie-mtv-interview-race-racism-transcript-20160112\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Watch the interview below:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists | MTV News\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XZGiVzIr8Qg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/5-celebrities-who-left-us-too-soon-the-good-die-young\">SEE ALSO:\u00a05 Celebrities Who Left Us Too Soon. 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