NEW YORK -- David Bowie, who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-bending persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died of cancer Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 at age 69.
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Rock legend David Bowie performs on stage at Forum, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003. (AP Photo/Nils Meilvang, Nordfoto) (AP Photo/ NILS MEILVANG)
David Bowie performing at Madison Square Garden, Monday, Dec. 15, 2003, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (AP Photo/ KATHY WILLENS)
British rock legend David Bowii during a press conference in Tokyo Monday, March 8, 2004 (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) (AP Photo/ KOJI SASAHARA)
British rock singer, David Bowie, poses beside his Rolls Royce in May 1973. (AP Photo) (AP Photo/ XCJ AD)
British rock singer, David Bowie, shown performing at a New York concert in May 1978. (AP Photo/Brian Killigrew) (AP Photo/ BRIAN KILLIGREW)
David Bowie is seen during rehearsals for the Broadway play "The Elephant Man," Sept. 17, 1980, in which he plays the title role. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler) (AP Photo/ MARTY LEDERHANDLER)
David Bowie sits holding a cigarette in Cannes, May, 1983. (AP Photo) (AP Photo/ XMF)
An undated photo of British singer and actor David Bowie. (AP Photo) (AP Photo/ XMF)
Entertainer David Bowie performs during a concert celebrating his 50th birthday Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm) (AP Photo/ RON FREHM)
David Bowie attends an awards show June 5, 2007 in New York.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) (AP Photo/ STEPHEN CHERNIN)
Singer David Bowie attends the premiere of "Moon" during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) (AP Photo/ Peter Kramer)
Singer David Bowie performs Friday night, Sept. 19, 1997, at The Vic theater in Chicago. (AP Photo/Mike Fisher) (AP Photo/ MIKE FISHER)
Iman and David Bowie attends the 2010 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York on Monday, June 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) (AP Photo/ Peter Kramer)
David Bowie appears on a giant screen with various costumes he performed in, as part of a retrospective David Bowie exhibition.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) (AP Photo/ Jacques Brinon)