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David Bowie was born 75 years ago today, on 08-January-1947.
I remember when he died in 2016. Monday morning the clock radio went off. I switched the radio to AM and tuned in to KCBS. The lead story was the passing of David Bowie. I said "No, it was his birthday the other day." He had just released a new album.
I thought of a friend who had died of AIDS. He transferred into our class at Saint Monicas when his family moved from Hong Kong. He was a big fan of David Bowie before Bowie had a hit here. I might have heard "Space Oddity," but I wouldn't swear to it. Derek wore his hair the way Bowie did at the time and dressed as much like him as he could. I learned from a Facebook post by a classmate that years later Derek introduced her to David Bowie at a party. I was happy to read that.
I liked the way he kept changing his looks and his clothes and his music.
I thought of a friend who had died of AIDS. He transferred into our class at Saint Monicas when his family moved from Hong Kong. He was a big fan of David Bowie before Bowie had a hit here. I might have heard "Space Oddity," but I wouldn't swear to it. Derek wore his hair the way Bowie did at the time and dressed as much like him as he could. I learned from a Facebook post by a classmate that years later Derek introduced her to David Bowie at a party. I was happy to read that.
I liked the way he kept changing his looks and his clothes and his music.
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I remember going to the Bridge Theater in San Francisco to see Nick Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth with David Bowie. It left a big impression on us.
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