David Bowie died On January 10, in London, at the age of 69, the English musician, composer, producer and actor David Bowie died. According to BBC , cancer became the cause of death. David Robert Jones was born in 1947 in London, studied art, music and design at the Bromly Technical College, organized his first group at the age of 15, and since 1966 he played under the pseudonym David Bowie. In 1967, he released the first album, David Bowie .