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David at 18 years of age was known as Davy Jones, but he changed his stage name to David Bowie( inspired by frontiersman Jim Bowie), 1969.

David rocks a long shag at the Cafe Royal, London 1970, during his ‘Man Who Sold the World’ era.

A long-haired Bowie, directly predating his Ziggy Stardust persona, jams at a party thrown by publicist DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, January 1971, LA, by Michael Ochs Archives.

Bowie’s son Duncan Jones(born in 1971 & whose mother was Bowie’s first wife, Angela) tweeted this family photo on the day of his father’s death.

‘Ziggy’ era, Bowie poised besides his Rolls Royce, May 1973.

David Bowie performs during his ‘Ziggy’ era in 1973 in LA wearing one of his famous onesies by Michael Ochs Archives.

David poses for a portrait in Ziggy Stardust guise in June 1972, Michael Oches Archives.

David Bowie performs ‘Rebel Rebel’ on the TV show TopPop 2.7.1974 in Hilversum, Netherlands.

17th Annual Grammy Awards on 3.1.1975, David arrives as the Thin White Duke, an icy-cool persona primarily associated with his albumn ‘Station to Station’, which was released the following year.