David Bowie

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Birth data

• Date: 08.01.1947
• Time: 09:00
• Time Zone: UTC+00:00
• Location: London, United Kingdom
• Latitude / longitude: 51.4613 / -0.1156

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A musician for whom changing appearance was a working method: Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke — each record arrived with a new face and a new sound. The Berlin trilogy of the late seventies altered what popular music could be; he released his last album two days before his death in 2016.

Born in Brixton, London, on 8 January 1947 at 09:00 GMT. The hour is given consistently in references.