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More details about what type of cancer it was. we really don't know. in terms of his legacy, this is definitely one of the iconic artists of the 20th century, david bowie. he really pioneered not just in music but in culture in terms of gender expression andogony, fashion. the whole idea of a concept album, david bowie had one of the earliest concept albums. really an immeasurable artistic impact. >> for a lot of people so surprised to hear that he was battling cancer. he has been out of the limelight for a while. he dabbled in acts fing for a while. not as successful in acting as

With mcjagger a cover of dancing in the streets. it was a great take of that record, but it sort of gave the impression that he now decided to settle down and that he was going to accept himself as one of the elder statesmen of rock music. he tried becoming part of a group called tin machine, and they said it's not david bowie. made a couple of records with that but never quite succeeded. in the 2000s, i think there was a return to form. there was a great record called heathen which came out in 2002. nothing until 2013, and in that period of time, he sort of did the thing that -- nothing. and ...

Retrospect of his career. he toured around the rest of the world. it was in that period of time that subsequent generations grew up with him and then some discovered him. that's when his legacy was held in high regard. >> music editor at the guardian in london joining us as he all try to absorb the shocking news, the death of david bowie at the age of 69. we'll have more on this when we come back. stay with us. i am about to embark on a long and dangerous journey.

It's a win for california. together, we're building a better california. news in the world of music. british singer david bowie has died of cancer. it was 69 years old. >> bowie was inducted to the

Transcends being a human, being immortal with so many different kinds of names and characters that he made himself, he would have had to have had this private struggle with cancer these past 18 months. >> reporter: absolutely. i think that cancer, as most of us, unfortunately know, it takes a physical toll, and because he had sort of been away from the public eye -- he put out an album, but i don't recall him going or seeing him on television recently or anything like that. and you hit on an interesting point when you talked about david bowie sort of being a little bit transcending human. for ...