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Breakthrough hit Space Oddity was banned from the BBC airwaves until Nasa’s Apollo 11 team returned safely from their trip to the moon.
Bowie made his presence known on screen too. He first appeared in The Man Who Fell To Earth. But Jareth, the Goblin King, in Labyrinth was his most legendary role.
He was John Merrick in a 1980 stage show of The Elephant Man and had a cameo in Ricky Gervais’ Extras. brief while and was in a coma for a week,” he explained.
“It was from that position that I began to go through all of his media and so his musings on mortality, on ageing, his way that he approached life, proved to be quite nurturing, cathartic and inspiring for me.
“hat’s where the film really started to take shape.”
Morgen said he has had nothing but appreciation and support for Bowie fans while making the film, which will be in cinemas from Friday. was an internet pioneer.
He had his own service provider BowieNet and released one of the first download-only singles.
Not a fan of English tea,
Bowie preferred a Japanese brew. The long locks lover formed the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men.
Refusing a CBE and knighthood, Bowie said: “It’s not what I spent my life working for.”
The release of his last album Blackstar, on his 69th birthday, came two days before he died from cancer.
●Moonage Daydream is out on Friday.