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The life and death of David Bowie, rock&#;s crafty chameleon
David Bowie, rock&#;s greatest chameleon, passed away on Jan. 10 from liver cancer. His death, like the many transformations in persona he so skillfully executed during his lifetime, came without warning, shocking fans and close friends who knew nothing of his diagnosis.
But Bowie died as he had lived.
Ashes to Ashes
Just as he had scrupulously curated his shifting image throughout a long career spanning half a century, so he astutely choreographed his death. His critically acclaimed final album, Blackstar, released on the star&#;s 69th birthday &#; just two days before his death &#; contained many lyrical hints that his end was nigh, and yet these were only understood after he was gone.
The rock icon&#;s last photograph shows Bowie as sharply dressed as ever in an impeccably tailored dark, narrow suit, his hair hidden by a fedora. His face is lit by a joyous smile that, before we knew of his battle against cancer,
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Last week marked David Bowie's 68th birthday, so naturally there's an animated GIF circling the internet that chronicles the most glam of rockers and his many, many makeovers.
Twenty-two-year-old Helen Green is the brilliant mind behind this moving masterpiece, chronicling every single one of Bowie's iconic looks from to There are mullets, there are eye patches, there are baby scarves, there are fake moles, there are perms. There are so many high cheek bones.
"In celebration of David Bowie's birthday this month, I created a little animated portrait of Bowie through the years," Green wrote to The Huffington Post, "in appreciation of his mesmerizing evolution and reinvention." May Bowie keep revamping his look for fifty years to come. Happy belated birthday, beautiful!
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UK-based artist Helen Green has—or had—a tradition. Every year, for David Bowie&#;s birthday, she drew a picture of the groundbreaking songwriter and performer. Last year, she drew 29 of them, each from a different era of kniv. She animated them in a remarkable GIF—each kniv look flicking past in the blink of an eye, all of them together forming a thorough illustration (pun intended) of Bowie&#;s expansive, impressive career. You likely saw the GIF when it first made the internet rounds 12 months ago, and no doubt you&#;ve seen it today, when Bowie&#;s death became public.
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The GIF she created last year had such reach that Bowie&#;s camp found out about it and reached out to her, asking her a couple questions about its inspiration and technique for David Bowie&#;s official Facebook page. &#;It&#;s become somewhat of a tradition for me to create something to celebrate David Bowie&#;s birthday—a little token of app