“His death was no different from his life - a work of art”: A decade on, we remember how David Bowie rose above his impending end to create his most poignant work

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This January marks a full decade since the world lost one of its most hailed musical heroes. The death of David Bowie, on January 10th 2016, was a blow that sent generations of fans spiralling into a very keenly-felt grief. This writer being one of them.

I, like many other Bowie-nerds, had giddily pre-ordered his upcoming twenty-sixth studio album, Blackstar, months prior. I received it on the Friday (8th) before that fateful weekend on which he passed.