What an amazing man. Such a legend and as a firm Bowie fan (and have been since my dad introduced me to his music when I was 6), I will, and I'm sure everyone else will, miss him truly.
Acc. to his producer Tony Visconti, David Bowie had planned the release of Blackstar to coincide as closely as possible to his death. That's an artist who knew how to make a work of art out of not only his life but his death too.
Yes, an icon it was. And is. Born in the mid 60s, my favourites are not the earliest ones, but more like Let's Dance, China Girl, Fashion etc. But Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes and some of the older are just super as well. Heck, I've even used Let's Dance for one of my spinning classes, just love that! R.I.P. David Bowie