David Bowie, an iconic British singer, died of cancer on January 10, 2016, days after turning 69 and the release of his last album, Blackstar. Bowie's innovative songs and stagecraft had a major influence on popular music in the early 1970s. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 39th on their list of the 100 Greatest Rock Artists of All Time and the 23rd best singer of all time. The iconic pictures of David Bowie - in this gallery by TASS.
David Bowie: the chameleon of rock
David Bowie, an iconic British singer, died of cancer on January 10, 2016
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David Bowie leaning out of a railway carriage, 1973
© Smith/Express/Getty Images David Bowie in Philadelphia, US, 1972
© AP Photo/Brian Horton With guitarist Mick Ronson, 1973
© Jack Kay/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images David Bowie at a concert in London during his 1978 world tour
© Evening Standard/Getty Images David Bowie seen rehearsing a scene in the Broadway show "The Elephant Man" with co-star Patricia Elliott, 1980
© AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler David Bowie at a hotel in London, 1983
© AP Photo/Redman Rock stars Tina Turner and David Bowie dancing together during a commercial, 1987, for Pepsi-Cola USA
© AP Photo David Bowie seen during a barbecue for his crew at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, US, 1987
© AP Photo/Charles Krupa Rock legend David Bowie performing on stage at Forum, in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2003
© AP Photo/Nils Meilvang, Nordfoto Retrospective David Bowie exhibition, entitled David Bowie Is, depicting Bowie's move from surburbia to soho, along with his Harptone acoustic guitar, at the V&A Museum in west London, 2013
© Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP