Siye sahlala iinkedama yenye yezona nkwenkwezi zinomtsalane, ilandelwe, kwaye idityanisiwe, yendima yomculo kwiminyaka emininzi. Baninzi bethu abakhule ngomculo wakhe, uBowie ube liqabane lethu elibalulekileyo ebomini bethu, kwaye namhlanje usishiyile. Wayeneminyaka engama-69 ubudala.
UDavid Bowie wabulawa ngumhlazaababebazi ubukho babo. Ummeli wakhe waphika ukuba inkwenkwezi inaso esi sifo. Kuyabonakala ukuba wayesilwa nomhlaza kangangeenyanga ezili-18. Uyasishiya esishiya ilifa lakhe lamva nje, "uBlackstar", obambe inani lamashumi amabini anesihlanu kumsebenzi wakhe omde, noye waba yindlela ebalaseleyo yokwamkelwa ngabagxeki.
Ezi ndaba zipapashwe kwi-Twitter esemthethweni yemvumi yasentsomini, kwaye yaqinisekiswa ngunyana wakhe. UBowie wazalwa ngo-1947 eBrixton, eLondon. Udumo lwehlabathi lonke ebehamba naye kubo bonke ubomi bakhe lwaphunyezwa "Indawo engaqhelekanga". Kwakungonyaka ka-1969, kwaye lo msebenzi wenze ukuba igcisa eliselula lifikelele kwinani lesihlanu kwindawo yaseBritane kwezona zingoma zithengiswa kakhulu.
Iminyaka emithathu yovavanyo kunye nokufunda isitayile sakhe samkhokelela ekubeni aphinde aphinde abuye ngengoma yakhe eyodwa ethi "Starman", kwicwecwe elithi "Ukunyuka kunye nokuwa kweZiggy Stardust kunye nezigcawu ezivela kuMars".
Umsebenzi wakhe wamva nje, "Blackstar", iboniswe kutshanje kunye nevidiyo yomculo ephazamisayo kunye nokuphazamisa enye yeengoma zakhe. Kwikliphu yevidiyo, u-Bowie uvale amehlo, kwisibhedlele sabagula ngengqondo. Ihlala imizuzu emine kwaye iphawula ukuqaliswa kwe "Lazaro", enye yeengoma ezikwi-albhamu, eneengoma ezisixhenxe kuphela, kodwa ngomgangatho esiwujwayele.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje bekukho ingcamango eninzi malunga nempilo yale nkwenkwezi yomculo. Kodwa uBowie ebesoloko egcina ubomi bakhe bobuqu, kwaye ukubonakala kwakhe esidlangalaleni bekumbalwa kakhulu. I ikonsathi yokugqibela wenza wayeseNew York, ngenxa yothando, ngo-2006. UDavid Bowie watshata kabini, okwesibini kunye nomzekelo owaziwayo u-Iman, kwaye unabantwana ababini.
U-Bowie uya kuhlala ehlala ezintliziyweni zethu, kwaye ilangatye lakhe aliyi kucima.