Remembering David Bowie's Life in Pictures on What Would Have Been His 74th Birthday

SPACE ODDITY

Bowie was frequently referred to as a chameleon. Before arriving at his glammed-out sci-fi look, he flirted with beatnik and hippie imagery. (This picture is from 1960.)

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DAVIE JONES

Bowie, pictured here in 1965, originally struck out for fame under the name “Davie Jones.” His son, Duncan, a movie director, still uses the original family surname.

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KOOKS

Bowie (far left, in 1969) briefly led a group called Feathers with his then-girlfriend, Hermione Farthingale (center) and John Hutchinson in London the late ’60s.

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FASHION, TURN TO THE LEFT

Bowie’s style was considerably more conservative when he was first starting out as a musician – check him out in this skinny tie in 1966.

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MODERN LOVE

The musician, pictured here in 1970, played saxophone in addition to keyboards and guitar. His childhood saxophone teacher, Ronnie Ross, plays the outgoing solo in Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side.”

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STARMAN

Bowie’s left pupil was left permanently dilated after a 1962 fight with childhood friend George Underwood over – what else? – a girl. Supposedly, the singer thanked Underwood for the injury later, saying it gave him “a kind of mystique.”

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MOONAGE DAYDREAM

This 1969 photo is from the promotional campaign for Bowie’s album Space Oddity. Other than the iconic single, not much else from the album is considered an indispensable part of Bowie’s oeuvre.

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CHANGES

Bowie had one son, Duncan (middle name Zowie), with his wife Angie, in 1971. The pair would divorce in 1980, and Duncan, going under his father’s original surname Jones, would later become a film director.

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GOLDEN YEARS

The artist, here in 1973, increasingly flirted with androgyny through his career.

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BE MY WIFE

Pictured here in 1973, Bowie wed his wife Angie (then Mary Angela Barnett) in 1970 – the couple was married for 10 years.

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WATCH THAT MAN

Bowie’s collaboration with photographer Masayoshi Sukita yielded some of the most iconic images of his career.

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ALADDIN SANE

Seen here in 1973, Bowie’s early ’70s look remains one of his most beloved – in particular the lightning-bolt makeup look from the cover of Aladdin Sane.

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SOUND AND VISION

Bowie, here in 1973, is believed to have sold somewhere in the neighborhood of 140 million records during the course of his career.

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FAME

Yoko Ono and John Lennon (here with Bowie in 1975) were close with the singer; the latter co-wrote Bowie’s hit “Fame.”

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HEROES

The cover to Bowie’s 1977 album Heroes was shot by his longtime collaborator Masayoshi Sukita.

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EARTHLINGS

Bowie enjoyed fruitful collaborations with a number of other rock and roll luminaries, like Iggy Pop (here, left, in the early ’80s) and Lou Reed.

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GLASS SPIDER

Bowie performing in 1987, touring behind the album Never Let Me Down.

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PINUPS

Tina Turner – here with Bowie in 1989 – duetted with him on the 1984 song “Tonight.”

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LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER

Bowie met supermodel Iman in 1990. The pair married two years later and remained together until his death in early 2016.

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YOU’VE BEEN AROUND

Bowie continued to update his look to match his evolving musical aesthetic throughout the ’90s.

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REALITY

Bowie (pictured in 2000) kept up an active recording schedule through the late ’90s and early ’00s, releasing albums in 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003.

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SLIP AWAY

He slowed down his performance schedule in the early ’00s, however, after an on-stage heart attack in 2004.

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I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU

Bowie and Iman (here in 2009) were seen out and about together, even as the singer’s recorded output and performance schedule dwindled.

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THE NEXT DAY

The singer surprised fans in 2013 by dropping The Next Day, his first album of new material in 10 years. He released his final album, Blackstar, on Friday, Jan. 8, 2011 – his 69th birthday – before passing away on Sunday, Jan. 10. A producer called the record a “parting gift.”

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