BLOCKED OFF.
REMEMBER, I-95 NORTHBOUND AT
COMMERCIAL, THAT'S THE ONLY
CRASH WE HAVE IN BROWARD.
GUYS.
VANESSA, THANK YOU.
WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING
NEWS.
INFLUENTIAL SINGER AND SONG
WRITER DAVID BOWIE DIED AT THE
AGE OF 69.
IN A STATEMENT, HIS FAMILY
SAID HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY
OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER A LONG
BATTLE WITH CANCER.
CBS 4'S DON CHAMPION TAKES A
LOOK BACK AT BOWIE'S ICONIC
CAREER.
DAVID BOWIE WAS A CREATIVE
AND ARTISTIC FORCE.
DAVID JONES IN LONDON IN 1947,
BOWIE FELL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC AT
THE AGE OF 13.
IN A 2002 INTERVIEW WITH CBS
NEWS, HE EXPLAINS HOW HE DECIDED
TO MAKE A CAREER OUT OF MUSIC.
I DON'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO
BE MUSICAL OR IF I WAS GOING TO
BE PAINTING.
I KEPT GOING BACKWARDS AND
FORWARDS, AND I OPTED FOR MUSIC
EVENTUALLY.
BOWIE ROCKED HIS WAY ON TO
THE SCENE WITH THE LEGENDARY
HIT "SPACE ODDITY" IN 1969.
YEARS LATER, HIS ARTISTIC PUSHED
THE ENVELOPE WITH THE RISE AND
FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE
SPIDERS FROM MARS.
BOWIE CREATED THE AN DROJ NOUS
ALTER EGO STARDUST.
AS A PUBLICITY STUNT, HE EVEN
CLAIMS HE WAS GAY.
BOWIE SAW MUCH OF HIS SUCCESS IN
THE 70S AND 80S INCLUDING HIS
HIT "FAME."
OVER HIS
40-PLUS-YEAR CAREER, BOWIE
RELEASED 25 ALBUMS.
HIS LATEST ALBUM, BLACKSTAR, WAS
JUST RELEASED ON FRIDAY, HIS
69TH BIRTHDAY.
BOWIE'S ARTISTRY STILL SHINES
THROUGH.
MARRIED TO INTERNATIONAL
MODEL IMAN BOWIE WAS INDUCTED
INTO THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF
FAME IN 1996.
IN A FACEBOOK POST, HIS FAMILY
SAID HE DIED AFTER AN 18-MONTH
