David Bowie, 1947-2016 - 2016-01-11

David Bowie, 1947-2016 January 11, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker

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"We used to call him Garson The Parson in the Spiders, poor love, when he was into Scientology. But it did cause us one or two problems. I was thinking about having him back in the band and the thing that really clinched it was hearing that he was no longer a Scientologist."

— David Bowie, in Q Magazine, 1997

The news this morning of David Bowie's death to cancer has really unmoored us. We are postponing the story we had planned for today until tomorrow. It can wait.

Wikipedia cite:

{{cite news | author = Tony Ortega | title = David Bowie, 1947-2016 | url = https://tonyortega.org/2016/01/11/david-bowie-1947-2016/ | work = Underground Bunker | date = January 11, 2016 | accessdate = August 21, 2017 }}