JERSEY, VALERIE CASTRO, CBS2
NEWS.
THANK YOU.
HE BROKE DOWN BARRIERS AND
INSPIRED A GENERATION OF
ARTISTS TONIGHT, THE WORLD IS
MOURNING THE DEATH OF DAVID
BOWIE WHO DIED AFTER A PRIVATE
18-MONTH BATTLE WITH CANCER.
EMILY SMITH HAS REACTION FROM
HIS HOME IN SO SOHO.
Reporter: WE'VE BEEN OUT
HERE ALL DAY WATCHING FANS
GATHER.
YOU CAN SEE CANDLES AND FLOWERS
AND SONG LYRICS.
THE PILE CONTINUES TO GROW.
TO HIM, THIS WAS HIS HOME AWAY
FROM HOME.
♪
Reporter: WHETHER DAVID
BOWIE'S FIRST HIT, 1969'S SPACE
ODDITY OR HIS MOST RECENT JAZZ-
INSPIRED ALBUM, HE HAD
COUNTLESS FANS.
HE MEANS A LOT.
HE MEANS MY YOUTH.
HE MEANS EXTREMELY SENTIMENTAL
MEMORIES FOR ME.
♪ CHANGES ♪
Reporter: FROM SIGGY
STARDUST TO HIS WHITE SUITED
POPSTAR IN THE MID '80s, HE
KEPT CHANGING.
♪
Reporter: HE WAS BORN DAVID
JONES IN LONDON IN 1947.
HE TOLD CBS IN 2002 HOW HE
BECAME A MUSIC ARTIST.
I MEAN, UNTIL QUITE LATE IN
MY TEENS, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I
WAS GONNA BE IN MUSIC OR
PAINTING.
I KEPT GOING -- VACILLATEING
AND I OPTED FOR MUSIC.
♪
Reporter: IT WAS A DECISION
THAT INFLUENCED GENERATIONS OF
PERFORMERS INCLUDING JJ FRENCH
WHO FORMED THE GROUP, TWISTED
SCISSOR.
IF IT WASN'T FOR DAVID
BOWIE, THERE WOULD BE NO
TWISTED SISTER.
THE BOWIE MEDLEY FROM THE ZIGGY
ALBUM WERE THE STAPLE.
YOU COULDN'T COME SEE TWISTED
SISTER WITHOUT LFERNING TO
THOSE SONGS FROM THAT ALBUM.
WE LOVED BOWIE AND WE CHANGED
AS HE DID.
THERE WOULD BE NO MADONNA OR
LADY GAGA WITHOUT DAVID BOWIE.
Reporter: HE DIED PEACEFULLY
SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AFTER
A BATTLE WITH CANCER.
EVERY FAN HAS AN IDEA OF WHAT
HE MEANT WITH HIM AND WHAT HIS
BEST STUFF WAS REMEMBERING THIS
-- ♪ DANCING IN THE STREETS ♪
Reporter: A GREAT DUET
MOMENT FROM 1985 WITH MICK
JAGGER WHO CALLED BOWIE
ORIGINAL.
♪
Reporter: AND HIS BIRTHDAY
WAS FRIDAY WHEN HE TURNED 69
YEARS OILD.
HIS LATEST -- YEARS OLD.
HIS LATEST ALBUM CAME OUT THEN.
WE'RE PACKED IN.
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE, FOREIGN
PRESS, PRESS ALL PAYING TRIBUTE
TO DAVID BOWIE.
EMILY SMITH, CBS2 NEWS.
THANK YOU.
AS DAVID BOWIE BATTLED CANCER,
HE COLLABORATED ON THE MUSICAL
LA ZA RITH RUNNING OFF BROADWAY
AND WORKING OFF ALBUM JUST
RELEASED ON FRIDAY, WHICH WAS
HIS BIRTHDAY.
FANS ARE LISTENING TO IT FOR
FINAL MESSAGES.
HE RECORDED A VIDEO OF THE
TITLE SHOW SHOWING HIM IN A
HOSPITAL BED.
♪ LOOK UP HERE I'M IN HEAVEN ♪
.
HIS LONG-TIME PRODUCER SAID
THIS WAS HIS PARTING DEATH AND
HIS DEATH WAS NO DIFFERENT FROM
HIS LIFE.
A WORK OF ART.
WELL, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
CELEBRITIES ARE HEADING TO
SOCIAL MEDIA TO EXPRESS THEIR
FAMILIES OF BOWIE.
HIS SON DUNCAN POSTED THIS
PICTURE, SAYING, VERY SAD AND
SAD TO SAY IT'S TRUE.
KANYE WEST SAID HE WAS ONE
OF MY MOST INSPIRATIONS.
HE GAVE US MANIC FOR A
LIFETIME.
BONO TWEETED THIS PICTURE
SAYING PLANET EARTH IS BLUE AND
MADONNA TWEETED THIS PICTURE
SAYING I WAS SO LUCKY TO HAVE
MET YOU.
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