David Bowie
Singer, songwriter, actor and visual strategist whose repeated reinvention expanded the possibilities of rock music and performance identity.
Life, work & what’s documented
David Bowie was born 1947-01-08 and died 2016-01-10 at age 69. Singer, songwriter, actor and visual strategist whose repeated reinvention expanded the possibilities of rock music and performance identity. A shape-shifting artist whose music, image and performance changed popular culture.
Why They’re Fucking Awesome
A shape-shifting artist whose music, image and performance changed popular culture.
Essential works: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust · Heroes · Blackstar
Meaningful connections
- RockContributed To / David Bowie's songwriting, performance and reinvention made a major contribution to rock.Relationship source / confidence: high
Positive impact
No discrete Good Deed Watch item is asserted. The strongest positive-development angle is the deliberate artistic closure and continuing archival stewardship around Blackstar and his catalog.
Evidence and disposition
Celebrate documented work and impact. Do not imply the scoped search proves an absence of controversy or harm.
Context is not destiny
Born 1947-01-08; died 2016-01-10; age at death 69. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.
Death context: David Bowie died on 2016-01-10 at age 69. This profile states only the sourced date and age until a reviewed cause or circumstance source is attached.
Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.
The cosmic file
No reliable birth time was established in this review, so the profile uses an astrology exemption and presents no Ascendant or houses.
Birth-data confidence: no reliable time verified in this pass; No claim made beyond calendar-date sun sign already present in the prior pack.; Do not calculate or publish houses, Moon, or ascendant until a rated time source is reviewed.. Astrology is interpretive and is never medical prediction. A rising-sign link requires reviewed AA, A or B-rated birth-time evidence without an uncertainty qualifier.
Sources & provenance
- Wikidata item Q5383Wikidata / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: mediumSource ID david-bowie:discovery_index:1. Verification: identity_discovery_only. Claims: identity.
- Official website candidateOfficial site / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID david-bowie:official_site_candidate:2. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: career summary, official legacy.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: highSource ID david-bowie:reference_candidate:3. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: identity, vital dates, career summary.
Official links
- Official siteOfficial Site
Batch adw-publication-batch-2026-08-26-01. Research package completeness 96/100. Claims are linked to the source IDs retained in source notes.
Research last updated 2026-08-26.
Portrait provenance
David Bowie photo by Adam Bielawski; Own work; CC BY-SA 3.0.
Exact source file · CC BY-SA 3.0 3.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-27.
Editorial identification only. No endorsement is implied.