David Bowie died

In the 70th year of life, British musician David Bowie died. This was reported on the official page of the artist.

"Bowie peacefully died today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 -month battle with cancer," the report said.

Bowie became known to the general public in the fall of 1969, when his song Space Oddity reached the first five in the British hit parade. In 1975, the musician achieved the first major success in America with a single number one FAME, written in collaboration with John Lennon and the Young Americans hit album.

Bowie through his musical career repeatedly changed the image, earned the nickname "Chameleon of Rock Music." At the same time, he retained his own recognizable style, successfully combining it with current musical directions. His last studio album was Blackstar, released on January 8, 2016.

In 2000, according to the results of a survey among musicians of various styles and directions of the New Musical Express weekly, Bowie was recognized as the most influential musician of the century.

In 2002, in a BBC survey, "100 Greatest British" Bowie took 29th place. More than 136 million of its records were sold in the world. Six of his albums are included in the list of "500 greatest albums of all time" according to Rolling Stone magazine. In 2004, this publication put Bowie on 39th place in the list "100 greatest performers of rock music of all time" and 23rd place in the list "100 greatest vocalists of all time."

Bowie achieved recognition, including as a film actor. Among his most famous roles are the alien Thomas Jerome Newton in the film "The Man who fell to the ground", Vampire John in Hunger, King Goblin Jareth in Labyrinth.