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Editorial: David Bowie's legacy should inspire celebrity action

Editorial: David Bowie’s legacy should inspire celebrity action

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 12, 2016

“Ground Control to Major Tom, commencing countdown, engines on.” David Bowie, the chameleonic glam rocker who transcended music with his cosmic imagination and multiple persona metamorphosis, passed...

David Bowie performs at the Area2 Festival at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Aug. 13, 2002 in Irvine, Cailf. Bowie died Sunday after an 18-month battle with cancer. (Robert Lachman/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Exit Starman: David Bowie dies at 69

By Amanda Reed / Staff Writer January 12, 2016

In 1977, David Bowie sang “I will be king, and you, you will be queen.” Little did he know how literal that would become. After a nearly 50-year career that transcended musical and societal labels,...

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