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♪[ MUSIC ] ♪
REMEMBERING DAVID BOWIE.
THE MAN WHO CHANGED MUSIC.
RIGHT NOW, GROWING TRIBUTES IN
LONDON AND HOLLYWOOD AND HERE
IN NEW YORK.
THE CROWD SO LARGE, POLICE PUT
BARRICADES OUTSIDE HIS
APARTMENT BUILDING.
TONIGHT, THE WORLD IS MOURNING
THE MUSIC LEGEND WHO LOST HIS
BATTLE WITH CANCER AT THE AGE
OF 69.
MAURICE IS OFF TONIGHT.
TONY AIELLO IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE
STAR'S SOHO HOME, WHERE FANS
HAVE BEEN GATHERING ALL DAY.
Reporter: 285 LAFAYETTE
STREET, THE NEW YORK HOME OF
DAVID BOWIE AND HIS FASHION
ICON WIFE, IMAN.
MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPRESSING
SHOCK.
HIS FATAL ILLNESS WAS KEPT
SECRET, AND HIS DEATH WAS JUST
THREE WEEKS AFTER THE RELEASE
OF HIS FINAL ALBUM.
GROWING TRIBUTES TO A PROLIFIC,
AND ENIGMATIC ARTIST.
NEW YORK LOVED DAVID BOWIE, AND
HE LOVED THE CITY BACK.
RECORDS ALL, OUR PART OF 14
STUDIO ALBUMS HERE, INCLUDING
HIS FINAL ALBUM, WITH A SONG
THAT INTENTIONALLY FORESHADOWED
HIS DEATH.
♪ LOOK UP HERE, I'M IN
HEAVEN ♪
Reporter: BOWIE RECORDED
BLACK STAR HERE IN SOHO.
WAS REALLY AMAZING TO SPEAK
WITH AND HANG WITH.
Reporter: THE OWNER SAID
BOWIE WAS FOCUSED AN
PROFESSIONAL.
THERE WASN'T A LOT OF CRAZY
ROCK STAR STUFF, WHICH WE'VE
GOTTEN OVER THE YEARS.
IT WAS REALLY AN HONOR TO HAVE
HIM HERE.
♪ GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM.
Reporter: ZIGGY STARDUST,
THE FIRST OF MANY PERSONAS
ADOPTED BY BOWIE.
HIS SHOWMANSHIP INFLUENCED
COUNTLESS ARTISTS, INCLUDING
TWISTED SISTER.
THE HEAVY METAL BAND WITH
JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND ROOTS.
HE WOULD PUSH THE ENVELOPE,
AND HE WOULD DRAG YOU ALONG,
AND THEN HE WOULD STOP AND WAIT
FOR YOU TO CATCH UP.
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD
CAUGHT UP, HE CAME OUT AGAIN
AND KEPT PUSHING.
Reporter: DAVID JONES WAS
BORN IN 1947 IN LONDON, HE
ADOPTED THE NAME BOWIE TO AVOID
CONFUSION WITH THE LEAD SINGER
OF THE MONKEYS.
AND HIS VERSATILITY MADE HIM
PERHAPS THE ONLY ARTIST TO DUET
WITH BING CROSBY.
♪ PEACE ON EARTH ♪
Reporter: AND MICK JAGGER.
♪ ALL WE NEED IS MUSIC ♪
Reporter: BOWIE'S INFLUENCE
ON THE NEW YORK ARTISTIC SCENE
CERTAINLY LIVES ON.
ONE OF THE HOTTEST TICKETS IN
TOWN IS FOR LAZARUS, AN OFF
BROADWAY MUSICAL COAUTHORED BY
BOWIE, AND A MEMORIAL CONCERT
AFTER DAVID BOWIE'S SUDDEN
DEATH.
LIVE IN SOHO, TONY AIELLO.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CALLED
BOWIE A VISIONARY ARTEST.
HE WAS AN ARTEST WHO'S
EXCELLENCE HE ASPIRED TO.
