Siye sahlala izintandane zomunye wezinkanyezi ezithakazelayo, kwalandelwa, futhi kwahlanganiswa, kwesigcawu somculo eminyakeni eminingi. Kukhona abaningi bethu abakhule ngomculo wakhe, u-Bowie ube ngumngane wethu obalulekile empilweni yethu yonke, futhi namuhla usishiyile. Wayeneminyaka engu-69 ubudala.
UDavid Bowie ubulawe umdlavuzaubukhona bayo abambalwa kakhulu ababebazi. Inxusa lakhe likuchithile ukuthi lesi sihlabani sinalesi sifo. Ngokusobala wayesenezinyanga ezingu-18 elwa nomdlavuza. Uyasilahla usishiyela ifa lakhe lakamuva, elithi “Blackstar”, elithatha inombolo yamashumi amabili nanhlanu emsebenzini wakhe omude, futhi okube yindlela enhle kakhulu yokwamukelwa abagxeki.
Lezi zindaba zishicilelwe ku-Twitter esemthethweni yalo mculi wenganekwane, futhi zaqinisekiswa yindodana yakhe. U-Bowie wazalwa ngo-1947 eBrixton, eLondon. Udumo lomhlaba wonke oluhambe naye empilweni yakhe yonke lwafezwa ngalo "I-Space Oddity". Kwakungunyaka ka-1969, futhi lo msebenzi wenze ukuba iciko elincane libe ngelesihlanu ohlwini lwamaculo athengwa kakhulu amaNgisi.
Iminyaka emithathu yokuhlola nokufunda isitayela sakhe iholele ekutheni aphinde aqhamuke nengoma yakhe ethi “Starman”, ku-albhamu ethi “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”.
Umsebenzi wakhe wakamuva, "Blackstar", usanda kwethulwa ngevidiyo yomculo ephazamisayo nephazamisayo yenye yezingoma zakhe. Kusiqeshana sevidiyo, u-Bowie uvalwe amehlo, esibhedlela sabagula ngengqondo. Kuthatha imizuzu emine kuphawula ukwethulwa kwengoma ethi “Lazarus” enye yezingoma ezikule albhamu enezingoma eziyisikhombisa kuphela kodwa ezisezingeni esilijwayele.
Eminyakeni yakamuva kuke kwaba nokuqagela ngempilo yalesi sihlabani somculo. Kepha u-Bowie ubelokhu egcina impilo yakhe eminingi, futhi ukubonakala kwakhe esidlangalaleni bekumbalwa kakhulu. I ikhonsathi yokugcina wenza kwaba seNew York, for esiza abantulayo, ngo-2006. UDavid Bowie washada kabili, okwesibili nomodeli owaziwayo u-Iman, futhi unezingane ezimbili.
U-Bowie uzohlala ezinhliziyweni zethu, futhi ilangabi lakhe alisoze lacisha.