DRIVE.
WE BEGIN WITH SAD NEWS IN
THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT.
DAVID BOWIE HAS DIED.
IT WAS JUST THIS PAST
FRIDAY HIS LATEST MUSIC VIDEO
WAS RELEASED AND THE SHOW IS IN
THE FINAL WEEK OF PERFORMANCES.
WE ARE LIVE OUTSIDE THE NEW
YORK THEATER SHOP.
GOOD MORNING MARY AND
CHRIS, CERTAINLY DAVID BOWIE'S
PASSING IS SHOCKING THE MUSIC
WORLD WE'RE OUTSIDE THE OFF
BROADWAY THEATER WHERE LAZEROUS
IS SHOWING, THE CATALOG SPANS
MANY DECADES AND BEING
REMEMBERED FOR MANY TO COME.
DAVID BOWIE WAS AN ARTISTIC
FORCE, LONDON IN 1947, BOWIE
FELL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC AT THE
AGE OF 13.
IN THE 2002 INTERVIEW WITH CBS
NEWS, HE EXPLAINED HOW HE
DECIDED TO MAKE A CAREER OUT OF
MUSIC.
QUITE LATE INTO MY TEENS I
DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO
BE IN MUSIC OR PAINTING.
I KEPT GOING, BACKWARDS AND
FORWARDS.
AND HIT SPACE ODDITY IN
1969 YEARS LATER HIS EXPRESSION
PUSHED THE ENVELOPE WITH THE
ALBUM THE RISE AND FALL OF
ZIGGIE STARDUST.
OVER HIS CAREER, BOWIE
RELEASED 25 ALBUMS AND ACTED IN
SEVERAL MOVIES.
HIS LATEST ALBUM BLACK STAR WAS
JUST RELEASED ON FRIDAY WHICH
WAS HIS 69th BIRTHDAY, BOWIE'S
ARTISTRY STILL SHINED THROUGH.
MARRIED TO INTERNATIONAL MODEL
EMAN, BOWIE WAS INDUCTED INTO
THE HALL OF FAME IN 1996 IN A
FACEBOOK POST HIS FAMILY SAID
HE DIED AFTER AN 18 MONTH
BATTLE WITH CANCER.
BOWIE JUST HAD HIT AFTER
HIT AND SOLD MORE THAN 140
MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE.
HE WAS SET TO BE HONORED IN A
CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL IN
MARCH IN A TWEET DAVID CAMERON
CALLED HIM A GENIUS SAID HIS
