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Family and they were happy to see that he appears to be in good health. he recorded a message, and he talked about how valuable family is. they're hoping to get him home and they're grateful for the north korean government for allowing the interview to happen. they're trying to get the canadian government to get him released. we'll have to watch this case. >> we will. and will ripley joining us live there from pyongyang with this exclusive, and we're getting this breaking news in. we've seen this on social media. british singer, david bowy died. >> he was inducted from the rock and roll hall o...

Hospital bed with bandages, buttons on his eyes. a chilling vision, now, as we're learning more about him suffering from cancer. we had no idea. >> we had absolutely no idea. that's the way he wanted it to be. i think, really, you can put david bowie in a kind of realm of a pop star. that's fine. above all and beyond everything else, he was an artist, and it's not a word you can throw at many individuals who are out there in the industry. he was an artist who began as someone who craved fame. he wanted to be famous and he did everything he could to get into that world of being a celebrity, bot...

Themes about mortality, and, again, you know, if you revisit that now, knowing that he wrote this, likely, concurrently while he was battling cancer, while knowing that his own life was nearing its conclusion, it really puts it into a different light, and i think that his fans ought to revisit -- well, you know, listen to this album. really, with the perspective of what is david bowie trying to communicate now, knowing that this is going to be his last work? >> yeah. and his work has spanned decades. another interesting aspect of this. we're all kind of wondering now where did we first hear...

In london j david bowie's home country? >> with all the schedules dropped on the broadcast media, and they're going wall to wall on this. end less interviews and tributes coming in. i wass listening to a interview with a former landlady. nothing was conventional with him. he was constantly reinventing himself, and he was a creative icon. people arguing about whether or not he was a chameleon. people suggesting how could he do that? they mix into their background. he did the opposite. he was reinventing himself. he was a cultural ion. a couple years ago there was a retrospective of his life at ...

This breaking news on cnn, david bowie has passed away at the age of 69. his publicist says this is after an 18-month battle with cancer. rosemary and i here will continue to get more details on this and reaction from around the world. please stay with cnn. "beth" by kiss ♪ beth, i hear you calling.♪. ♪ but i can't come home right now... ♪ ♪ me and the boys are playing.♪.