"David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer,"

This was the saddest thing to hear. Rest In Peace.. :(

http://news.sky.com/story/1620422/david-bowie-dies-after-18-month-cancer-battle good idea to include an article as proof.

You beat me to the punch by 2 mins!

Regardless, I'm totally gutted. I became a big fan over the recent years. He'll be sorely missed.

I just saw this on the news - so sad, he was a musical genius. I've been a fan of his since I was young, and was lucky enough to see him in concert twice during the 80s. Ugh, he will be missed indeed :(

RIP.

I read this and cried NOOOOO! That I think I woke up my dog. I am so lucky to have seen him play 6 times in concert, and to meet him back in 97 on his Earthing tour. I'm going to go cry in a corner now. :(

I grew up with his stuff, especially Labyrinth and his music because my mother loved him. I'm going to be watching the Labyrinth and listening to the soundtrack a lot in the foreseeable future.... :'(

I am so sad right now. 😢 I also cried 'Noooo' out loud when I saw the news.

Ground Control to Major Tom (Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six)

Commencing countdown, engines on (Five, Four, Three)

Check ignition and may God's love be with you (Two, One, Liftoff)

Good Bye, Major Bowie. Ch-ch-ch-changes...❤

I was supposed to be in bed two hours ago, and then I heard about this, and now I can't sleep. David Bowie has always been on of my idols, not just his music or acting roles, but the way he lived and all the wonderful things he did over his life. Too sad to even cry right now. I have no words :(

- I'm so jealous of you :( I never got the privilege to see him live, and now I'll never get the chance!

Video for his latest release Lazarus http://youtu.be/y-JqH1M4Ya8

Ashes to ashes...

He's one of the very few celebrities that seemed 'larger than life' to me and I can't seem to register that he's gone.

Rest In Peace.

When I heard this, I said to myself: "NO! It can't be true!". It's very sad to hear such a genius as him has passed away. May he rest in peace... 😢

I just heard about this, I can't even begin to say how sad I am. I grew up listening to him, crushed on him as a teenager, and loved being a fan as an adult. Rest In Peace.

I woke up this morning and saw some people posting about this and assumed it must be a hoax. I just never thought it would true. :c

He will be greatly missed. Rip.

I was up really late when this came on the news...stomach did a complete flip and I barely slept at all afterwards, just sat up listening to Bowie music. I still can't believe it. Shocking and horribly sad...he'll be very missed! RIP.

This genuinely surprised me. I had no idea he was even sick... honestly, the news gave me a shock when I got on Facebook this morning. So sad to hear.

So so sad. I was shocked and saddened to hear the news last night. I thought it was a hoax, but I kept scrolling through Facebook and kept seeing all the news posts. I knew he had cancer but didn't think it got that bad. I grew up watching Labyrinth and listening to his music, never got to see him in concert though. Truly heartbreaking :(

I'm not a huge fan but I always liked his songs and sang along with them... It will never be the same again

I feel like I lost a piece of me along with him. He was my first love. I fell in love with his voice when dad used to play hunky dory and man who sold the world in the car. Then I watched labyrinth. At the age of 9 I was the least cool kid in my year with my crush on a 70s icon, but he was really the coolest crush of all. I just loved him, I always will. He changed the world for more than one generation. He was the prettiest star.