David Bowie, cosmic rock icon, multimedia superstar, dead at 69

David Bowie, the otherworldly rock singer and cross-cultural icon whose music and art fixed our eyes to the stars across six decades, has died, according to his official Facebook and Twitter accounts. He had just turned 69 on Friday, the day he dropped his 28th and critically revered final album, Blackstar.According to the posts, Bowie had been battling cancer for a year and a half.