David Bowie (January 8, 1949 – January 10, 2016)
David Bowie made a name for himself as an infamous music artist. For those who remember, his first band was formed in 1962 and named The Konrads. Just four years later, Bowie, who was born David Robert Hayward-Jones, officially took the moniker that the world came to know him as. What’s unique is the fact that this name was selected based on Jim Bowie, who was a frontiersman known for his Bowie knife. He released his first album in 1966, although he didn’t gain national popularity until his hit “Space Oddity” was released right before the launch of Apollo 11.
The hits kept coming after this, with Bowie becoming a household name all over the world. Unfortunately while his career was incredibly successful, he did take some hits in his personal life. This was especially true after he was diagnosed with liver cancer. This news wasn’t made public until the cancer ultimately took his life just 18 short months after his diagnosis. Today his legacy still lives on through his numerous number one hits.
