David Bowie, 1947 - 2016. Pictured here at the Piper Club in Rome, 1987. Picture: Bruno Marzi/Splash News/Corbis

Bowie before Bowie - A young David Robert Jones in 1965. Picture: CA/Redferns/Getty Images

Pop star David Bowie with wife Angie and three week old son Zowie on 29th June 1971. (Zowie later changed his name to Duncan Jones). Picture: Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Corbis

“The 1980 Floor Show staring David Bowie” Aired: 11/16/73. Picture: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

In this Nov. 1, 1974, file photo, David Bowie performs at Radio City Music Hall in New York.Picture:AP Photo/Suzanne Vlamis

Pop singer David Bowie is seen off at the station by his wife Angie on 9th July 1973. Picture: Smith/Express/Getty Images

David Bowie (wearing an eyepatch) performs ‘Rebel Rebel’ on the TV show TopPop on 7th February 1974 in Hilversum, Netherlands. Picture: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns

Iggy Pop and David Bowie pose backstage after an 1986 Iggy Pop concert at The Ritz in New York City. Picture: Larry Busacca/WireImage

This file photo taken on February 17, 1974 shows British rock star David Bowie, with his wife Angela (Angie) and his son Zowie, after receiving an award for his latest record “Ziggy stardust” in Amsterdam. Picture: AFP

David Bowie picture on April 1, 1976 in Helsinki, Finland. Picture: AFP / LEHTIKUVA

In this Sept. 17, 1980, file photo, David Bowie listens during a news conference after a rehearsal at the Booth Theater in New York. Bowie was appearing in the Broadway production of “The Elephant Man.” Picture: AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler

Rock and roll musician David Bowie poses for a portrait dressed as ‘Ziggy Stardust’ in a hotel room in 1973 in New York City, New York. Picture: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

David Bowie, Yoko Ono and John Lennon at the 1975 Grammys. Picture: Ron Galella/WireImage

Pop star David Bowie, wearing a business suit, smiles while being photographed at a press reception May 22, 1983, at London’s Claridge Hotel. Bowie, once the glitter-garbed Ziggy Stardust, the enigmatic man who fell to Earth, and the wigged-out thin and freakish singer who fled Los Angeles, has metamorphosed again. (AP Photo)

David Bowie and Susan Sarandon had a rumoured romance back in 1983. Picture: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Singer David Bowie arriving in Adelaide in 1983. Picture: News Corp

David Bowie and Mick Jagger filming ‘Dancing in the Street’ in 1985. Picture: RB/Redferns/Getty Images

David Bowie on July 03, 1987 - performing on stage during a concert in La Courneuve on July 3, 1987. Picture: AFP

David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly in 1985’s Labyrinth. Picture: australscope

David Bowie on stage at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Picture: EPA/MAURIZIO GAMBARINI

British singer David Bowie posing for photos in 1997 after he received a star on the world famous Walk of Fame in Hollywood, CA. Picture: AFP PHOTO / FILES / VINCE BUCCI

Musician David Bowie performing. Picture: Time Life Pictures/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

David Bowie playing the Piper Club in Rome in 1987. Picture: Bruno Marzi/Splash News/Corbis

David Bowie performs during a concert in Kristiansand, Norway in 2002. Picture: Heiko Junge/epa/Corbis

David Bowie performing on June 14, 1997. Picture: AFP / JACK GUEZ

David Bowie on February 22, 1997. Picture: AFP / DPA / Ferdinand Ostrop

Actors (L-R) Jeffrey Wright, actor and singer David Bowie, Gary Oldman and Dennis Hopper in 1997 film “Basquiat”. Picture: Supplied

David Bowie on October 14, 1999. Picture: AFP

David Bowie - performing on September 24, 2002. Picture: AFP / MARTIN BUREAU

British singer David Bowie performing in 2002 in Paris during his only Paris gig. Picture: AFP/ BERTRAND GUAY

David Bowie and son Duncan Jones (previously named Zowie) arrive for the premiere of film ‘’Moon’’during the Tribeca Film Festival at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York, USA 30 Apr 2009. Picture: Getty

David Bowie performs on stage on the third and final day of “The Nokia Isle of Wight Festival 2004” at Seaclose Park, on June 13, 2004 in Newport, UK. The third annual rock festival takes place during the Isle of Wight Festival which runs from June 4-19. Picture: Jo Hale/Getty Images

This file photo taken on October 20, 2003 shows British rock legend David Bowie performing on stage at the Bercy stadium in Paris, France. Picture: AFP

Singer David Bowie in Sydney, Australia in 2004. Picture: News Corp

Lou Reed (L) and David Bowie (R) attending the opening of the Lou Reed NY photography exhibit at the Gallery at Hermes in New York City. Picture: AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Andrew H. Walker

David Bowie and Iman on June 6, 2005 at the 2005 CFDA Awards at the New York Public Library in New York City. Picture: Evan Agostini AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA

Musician David Bowie and supermodel Iman attend the DKMS’ 5th Annual Gala: Linked Against Leukemia honoring Rihanna & Michael Clinton hosted by Katharina Harf at Cipriani Wall Street on April 28, 2011 in New York City. Picture: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for DKMS

Last public sighting on the 7th December 2015. David Bowie arrives at the Theatre Workshop in New York to attend the premiere of the musical Lazarus. Credit: Price/face to face/australscope

03 Jan 2016, Milan, Italy --- According with his 69th birthday, on january 8, and the forthcoming "Blackstar" new album publication, we celebrate David Bowie with a selection inside the eight italian live sets, including the Glass Spider tour press conference and showcase in Rome, Piper club in 1987, and as guest at Sanremo's Festival in 1997. More, inside the "Milano The Rock City" exhibition prolongation - from january 11to january 31 - at the Hernadez Art Gallery in Milano, Italy, a brand new special section was joined completely dedicated to Bowie, with Bruno Marzi's images and more. Pictured: David Bowie --- Image by © Bruno Marzi/Splash News/Corbis

David Bowie: Life in Pictures

David Bowie: Life in Pictures

David Bowie: Life in Pictures