
Singer David Bowie bequeathed to dispel his ashes "in accordance with the Buddhist rituals" on the Indonesian island of Bali. This is evidenced by the last will of the British singer, composer and producer, published on Friday in a court in New York, TASS reports.
The musician died in New York on January 10 from liver cancer, which he fought for the past year and a half. Two days before his death, the last album of the performer Blackstar was released. According to the AR, Bowie wrote the will in 2004.
The real estate belonging to the musician was estimated at about $ 100 million. According to the testament, all the property of the musician passes his family - wife Iman and two children, Dankan and Alexandria. The spouse will receive about half the condition of the performer, as well as an apartment in Manhattan, where the couple has lived for the past 20 years. Children will share the remaining part of the money, and the daughter of Bowie - Alexandria - will get the house belonging to him in the state of New York. The singer also bequeathed $ 2 million to his close friend and personal assistant Korinn Schwab. Another $ 1 million he allocated Marion Skin - the former nanny of his son.
As follows from the documents, Bowie was cremated on January 12 in New Jersey. The Western press previously reported that he was buried in a certain "secret place".
Throughout his career, the singer sold more than 136 million records and entered the ten most successful artists in the history of popular music of Great Britain. He is the owner of numerous musical awards, including Grammy Awards. In 2004, the Rolling Stone magazine put it in 39th place in the ranking "100 of the greatest performers of rock music of all time" and on the 23rd in the ranking "100 greatest vocalists of all time."