PHOTOS: David Bowie through the years

Monday, January 11, 2016
  • Rock legend David Bowie performs on stage at Forum, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003.  (AP Photo/Nils Meilvang, Nordfoto)
  • David Bowie performing at Madison Square Garden,  Monday, Dec. 15, 2003, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
  • British rock legend David Bowii during a press conference in Tokyo Monday, March 8, 2004 (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
  • British rock singer, David Bowie, poses beside his Rolls Royce in May 1973. (AP Photo)
  • British rock singer, David Bowie,  shown performing at a New York concert in May 1978.  (AP Photo/Brian Killigrew)
  • David Bowie is seen during rehearsals for the Broadway play "The Elephant Man," Sept. 17, 1980, in which he plays the title role.  (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
  • David Bowie sits holding a cigarette in Cannes, May, 1983. (AP Photo)
  • An undated photo of British singer and actor David Bowie. (AP Photo)
  • Entertainer David Bowie performs during a concert celebrating his 50th birthday Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm)
  • David Bowie attends an awards show June 5, 2007 in New York.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
  • Singer David Bowie attends the premiere of "Moon" during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
  • David Bowie sings "Little Wonder" on the stage of the Ariston theater in San Remo, Italian Riviera Thursday February 20, 1997
  • Singer David Bowie performs Friday night, Sept. 19, 1997, at The Vic theater in Chicago. (AP Photo/Mike Fisher)
  • Iman and David Bowie attends the 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York on Monday, June 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
  • David Bowie appears on a giant screen with various costumes he performed in, as part of a retrospective David Bowie exhibition.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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Rock legend David Bowie performs on stage at Forum, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003. (AP Photo/Nils Meilvang, Nordfoto)
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David Bowie, the iconic and shape-shifting British singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades with hits like "Fame," ''Heroes" and "Let's Dance," died Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 69.

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