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David Bowie: World pays respects after music icon's death

Tributes have poured in across the world for musician David Bowie, after he died from cancer aged 69.

Hundreds gathered in his birthplace of Brixton to celebrate the life of a man whose career spanned six decades, while tributes were also left at his home in New York, his star on the Hollywood Boulevard and in Berlin, where he lived during perhaps his most fruitful creative period in the 1970s.

According to a statement on the singer's Facebook page, the performer died on Sunday, surrounded by his loved ones.

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Bowie 'had a bigger influence than the Beatles'

Tributes have continued to pour in for David Bowie, with Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes praising him for being "fascinating, funny, sharp eloquent and very caring" and his biographer claiming he was 'bigger than the Beatles'.

Rhodes said Bowie's influence was responsible for Duran Duran's existence - and said he had "owned the 70s".

He was speaking at a GQ celebratory dinner, where the magazine's editor and Bowie biographer Dylan Jones also paid his respects - speaking of the singer's impact not only on the music industry, but also on the world of fashion.

Dylan Jones Credit: ITV News

He told ITV News he believed Bowie had had a bigger impact on arts culture than the Beatles.

Although The Beatles reinvented music in the 60s, what Bowie did - he reinvented genres. He reinvented the music scene.

He had a huge influence on the fashion scene too and I think if you look at all the designers showing here this week in London Collections Men I don’t think you’ll find any of them whose lives haven’t been changed in some way by David Bowie.

– Dylan Jones, GQ editor
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