David Bowie died on Jan. 10, 2016, following a private, 18-month-long battle with cancer. Here’s everything to know about the music legend’s death and the legacy he left behind.

During a tricky stage of David Bowie's career, a band called Tin Machine came to his rescue and put on back on track, but who was in the group with him

The first album I ever bought was ‘Hunky Dory,’” said the actress and author, “and all those songs, every single one, is amazing.”

Scrapped David Bowie recordings from his 1974 Sigma Sessions have been discovered by a record collector in Philadelphia.

In 2024 and 2025, internet users shared a text they claimed was a letter the musician David Bowie wrote shortly before his 2016 death. Identified in posts on social media platforms including X (archived) and Facebook (archived) as "David Bowie's Last Letter,

Back in 2022, when Max Ochester loaded up his car with 15 U-Haul boxes of reel-to-reel tapes he purchased at a Montgomery County estate sale, he had no idea he was carrying a new chapter of David Bowie’s Philadelphia music history in his hands.

Bowie, unsurprisingly, left behind a substantial fortune, estimated to be around £80million, according to court documents filed in New York at the end of January in 2016.

“I Can’t Give Everything Away” closes out David Bowie’s final album, and it’s an underrated favorite among his late-career songs. It’s a bit more upbeat than other songs on the record, with a level of serenity that made it perfect for ending an incredible musical career.

David Bowie's legacy lives on, on what would have been the music icon's 77th birthday and one of those closest to him has revealed what life was like on tour with the star

David Bowie's artistic genius was significantly shaped by his fascination with Greek classics, particularly Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey. These epic poems, teeming with mythological themes and characters, served as a rich tapestry from which Bowie wove elements into his music and stage personas.

Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Iman is honoring her husband, late music star David Bowie, on his birthday. The model, 69, wished Bowie a "happy heavenly birthday" Wednesday to mark what would have been his 78th year. "You weren't just a star to me," Iman said on Facebook. "You were my whole damn sky."

Including works by Radiohead, Hans Zimmer, David Bowie, Franz Schubert and Philip Glass, Christopher Nolan named his favourite songs of all time.