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On what would have been David Bowie‘s 77th birthday (1/8), the city of Paris named a street after the music icon eight years after his death (on 1/10/16) from liver cancer.
“Rue David Bowie” is in the capital’s 13th district on the left bank.
The thoroughfare — around 165 feet long — was previously known to city planners as VoieDZ/13.
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The groundbreaking vocalist is in the RockinTown Hall of Fame – Class of 2024. According to legend, Tina Turner’s life and career took a dramatic turn for the better as soon as she left her violent husband Ike. Not exactly accurate. Her first two albums after splitting from Ike, “Rough” (’78) and “Love Explosion” (’79) were…
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