JAN. 9, 1997: David Bowie performs during a concert celebrating his 50th birthday, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Bowie died Monday after battling cancer for 18 months. The Associated Press
SEPT. 17, 1980: David Bowie listens during a news conference after a rehearsal at the Booth Theater in New York. where he was appearing in the Broadway production of "The Elephant Man." The Associated Press
DEC. 1, 1993: Diana, Princess of Wales, shakes hands with pop superstar David Bowie after a 1993 show in London.
SEPT. 14, 1995: David Bowie performs in Hartford, Conn.
JUNE 19, 1987: Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-bending persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died of cancer Sunday. He was 69 and had just released a new album.
JAN. 11, 2016: A woman and child place a flower alongside other tributes beside a mural of British singer David Bowie by artist Jimmy C in Brixton in south London Monday. The singer, who was born David Jones at the family home in the Brixton area of London, came of age in the glam rock era of the early 1970s.
DEC. 15, 2003: David Bowie launches the United States leg of his worldwide tour, called "A Reality Tour," at Madison Square Garden in New York.
JUNE 6, 2005: David Bowie and his wife Iman appear at the 2005 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York.
NOV. 1, 1974: David Bowie performs at New York's Radio City Music Hall during his glam phase. The Associated Press
JULY 13, 1985: David Bowie, left, and Bob Geldof, right , at the end of the London part of the 1985 Live Aid famine relief concert at Wembley Stadium in London.
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