THE 408 AND THE FLORIDA
TURNPIKE, BRIDGETT, DAVID.
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS
SURROUNDING A LEGENDARY
MUSICIAN.
MANY FANS ACROSS THE WORLD WILL
MOURNING THE LOSS OF SINGER,
SONG WRITER AND ACTOR DAVID
BOWIE.
HE PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT
AFTER AN 18 MONTH BATTLE WITH
CANCER.
HE JUST RELEASED A NEW ALBUM,
MARK?
Reporter: YES, IT WAS
BOWIE'S 21ST ALBUM.
HE RELEASED IT ON FRIDAY WHICH
IS ALSO HIS BIRTHDAY.
MANY ARE SHOCKED BY THE LOSS
WHILE CELEBRATING HIS LIFE WHICH
MANY CALL INSPIRATIONAL.
A MUSE EBBING ICON FALLSES
SILENT.
MILLIONS STUNNED WITH THE NEWS
THAT 69-YEAR-OLD DAVID BOWIE HAS
DIED FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH
CANCER.
A STATEMENT POSTED ON THE
SINGER'S FACEBOOK PAGE SAYS
DAVID BOWIE DIED SURROUNDED BY
HIS FAMILY FOLLOWING A BATTLE
WITH CANCER.
WHILE MANY OF YOU WILL SHARE IN
THE LOSS, WE ASK YOU RESPECT THE
FAMILY'S PRIVACY DURING THIS
TIME OF GRIEF.
BOWIE'S CAREER SPANS MORE THAN
FOUR DECADES.
HE INSPIRED THE GLAM ROCK
MOVEMENT OF THE 70'S BEFORE
REINVENTING HIMSELF SEVERAL
TIMES.
BOWIE HAD HIS FIRST NUMBER
ONE SINGLE IN 1973.
HE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH DOZENS
OF HITS STILL HEARD ON THE RADIO
TODAY, INCLUDING LET'S DANCE.
BOWIE'S ECLECTIC STYLE
DEFINED JOHN LAST.
MANY SAY A THIRST FOR INNOVATION
MADE HIM A TREND SETTER FOR THE
DURATION OF HIS CARCAREER.
SUCH A LOSS.
NOW BOWIE'S PUBLICIST DID NOT
ELABORATE ON THE TYPE OF CANCER
THE SIPPINGER WAS FIGHTING.
