DAVID BOWIE – known favorite cologne Floris London No 89, Creed Silver Mountain Water
David Bowie was an English singer, songwriter, actor who was born January 8, 1947 in England. He died January 10, 2016, after battling cancer. His parents were Margaret Mary and Haywood Stenton Jones. He had two sisters and one brother.
Born: January 8, 1947 in Brixton, South London, England.
Died: January 6, 2016 in New York City, New York. He died two days after the release of his 25th record album.
Birth Name: David Robert Jones
Spouse: Mary Angela Barnett (1970-1980); Iman (1992-2016). He had two children.
Height: 5’10” (1.78 m)
Net Worth: $230 million
Zodiac: Capricorn
Humanitarian Causes: WhyHunger, Save the Children, Food Bank for New York City, Live Aid, Keep a Child Alive
Trivia:
- The spider Heteropoda davidbowie was named after him.
- Received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997.
- In 2016, a lock of his hair was auctioned for $18,750.
- Bing Crosby recorded his last single with David Boy. It was the duet, “The Little Drummer Boy”.
- He was known to read a lot – as much as one book per day!
- His childhood friends were Peter Frampton and Elton John.
- In 1964, he founded The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men.
- He declined both a British CBE and knighthood.
- Sold more than 140 million albums throughout his career.
- The Parafimbrios lao snake is also known as the ‘Ziggy Stardust’ snake, in honor of David Bowie.
- A newly discovered 100-million year old wasp, Archaeoteleia astropulvis has been named in honor of David -Bowie’s alter ego, ‘Ziggy Stardust’.
Quotes:
- “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.”
- “The truth is of course, there is no journey. We are arriving and departing, all at the same time.”
- “Fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say its that it gets you a seat in restaurants.”
- “I change my mind a lot. I usually don’t agree with what I say very much.”
- “I’m an instant star – just add water and stir.”
- “If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries.”
- “I’m responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.”
- “I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.”
- “I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.”
- “Age doesn’t bother me. So many of my heroes were older guys. It’s the lack of years left that weighs far heavier on me than the age I am.”
- “I’m always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don’t even take what I say seriously!”