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Born
January 8, 1947 · Brixton, London, England, UK

Died
January 10, 2016 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (liver cancer)

Birth name
David Robert Haywood Jones

Spouses
Iman (April 24, 1992 – January 10, 2016) (his death, 1 child)
Angie Bowie (March 19, 1970 – February 8, 1980) (divorced, 1 child)

QUOTES:

[on whether he thinks he is a good actor] I took you in, didn’t I? I rest my make-up case.

[during an interview about his new album in 1999] I have nothing to say about the new album. Can I go now?
Talking about art is like dancing about architecture.

I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he’s up there with Bryan Ferry.

[on receiving an honorary degree from Boston’s Berklee College of Music] Any list of advice I have to offer to a musician always ends with, “If it itches, go and see a doctor.”.

I know about Kylie [Kylie Minogue] and Robbie [Robbie Williams] and Pop Idol (2001) and stuff like that. You can’t get away from that when you hit the [British] shore, so I know all about the cruise ship entertainment aspect of British pop.