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The stars look very different today – tributes to David Bowie

By Mary Reid | Mon 11th January 2016 - 2:47 pm

On Friday David Bowie released his latest album, Blackstar. He knew he was dying and sang about it, to incredible emotional effect, in Lazarus – “Look up here, now – I’m in heaven”.

Shocked by death of #DavidBowie. He supported so many young people & changed their lives. 1973 danced with him at a party he was sensational

— Floella Benjamin (@FloellaBenjamin) January 11, 2016

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Causes of the credit crunch: if you’re going to try to blame David Bowie, you really should also blame fifteenth century knights

By Mark Pack | Wed 14th January 2009 - 11:31 pm

David Bowie: the case for the prosecution

The idea that the credit crunch can in part be blamed on David Bowie is the, um…, slightly unusual thought thrown in the air by Evan Davis ahead of the broadcast of his TV documentary on the City. As Evan Davis put it in The Mirror:

Even when it comes to finances Bowie leads the way – and back in 1997 he did something called “securitisation”.

He thought, “I have a lot of money coming in over the next 10 years from my back catalogue, but I’d rather have the cash now and not have

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