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  • 6/9/2025
He was a music icon who reinvented himself with every era—but in the final chapter of his life, David Bowie fought a private battle far from the spotlight. Autopsy: The Last Hours of David Bowie reveals how the legendary artist kept his illness a secret, and the medical facts behind his stunning final performance.

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00:00Autopsy examines the death of music legend David Bowie.
00:04His final album, Black Star, was released just two days before his death.
00:09Bowie's unexpected death two days after releasing his last album created enormous publicity.
00:16The series sits down with experts who say David Bowie might have timed it that way.
00:20The album comes out on a birthday, two days later dead.
00:23That can't be coincidental.
00:25David was very clever at all of that.
00:27David Bowie might almost have enjoyed the fact that he left this little riddle for us
00:32and that we can't quite work it out.
00:34David's death hadn't been on anybody's radar.
00:37I've heard people say, did he kill himself?
00:40Although Bowie officially died of cancer, host Dr. Michael Hunter says there could be more.
00:45David Bowie made no secret of the fact that his family had a history of schizophrenia.
00:50Three of David Bowie's aunts were diagnosed with having mental illness and schizophrenia
00:55was a theme running through that side of the family.
00:58The mad aunts, David used to call them.
01:00Could he even have suffered from it himself?
01:03Did David Bowie's mental health play a role in his death?
01:06Find out on Autopsy.

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