The iconic singer told his loved ones he wanted to “go without any fuss” and not have a funeral service or public memorial
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Family man: David Bowie with wife Iman and daughter Lexi
Music legend David Bowie has been secretly cremated without any of his family or friends present.
The iconic singer told his loved ones he wanted to “go without any fuss” and not have a funeral service or public memorial.
A source in New York told the Mirror: “There is no public or private service or a public memorial. There is nothing.”
Since the singer's death on Sunday music lovers have been speculating about what plans the legendary showman had for his funeral.
But unbeknown to his millions of fans around the world, his body was quietly cremated shortly after he died.
Sir Elton John praised Bowie for dealing with his cancer battle with dignity.
He said: “What I loved about him towards the end was his incredible privacy during what must have been 10 years of incredible bad luck with illnesses, heart attacks, cancer, whatever.
"He kept it private in an age we’re living in with Twitter when everyone knows everything about everything - he kept it to himself.
"He made two albums without anybody knowing he was making them. He had treatment for his illnesses without anyone knowing or anyone saying anything.
"And that is the mystique of the man, because we know David Bowie the figure, the singer, the outrageous performer, but actually, we don’t know anything about him - and that’s the way it should be in music and should be in any art form whatsoever.”
Meanwhile, one of Bowie’s closest aides told how it was almost as if the singer knew he was going to die two days after his birthday.
“He certainly planned for Blackstar to be released when it did – his birthday.
“It’s too coincidental. On the song The Girl Loves Me he asks ‘where the f*** did Monday go?’
“I’ve got no evidence but I think he did.
"It was like Mozart writing his requiem or the famous Dennis Potter who kept writing scripts on his deathbed.”
Family man: David Bowie with wife Iman and daughter Lexi
Music legend David Bowie has been secretly cremated without any of his family or friends present.
The iconic singer told his loved ones he wanted to “go without any fuss” and not have a funeral service or public memorial.
A source in New York told the Mirror: “There is no public or private service or a public memorial. There is nothing.”
Since the singer's death on Sunday music lovers have been speculating about what plans the legendary showman had for his funeral.
But unbeknown to his millions of fans around the world, his body was quietly cremated shortly after he died.
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Sir Elton John praised Bowie for dealing with his cancer battle with dignity.
He said: “What I loved about him towards the end was his incredible privacy during what must have been 10 years of incredible bad luck with illnesses, heart attacks, cancer, whatever.
"He kept it private in an age we’re living in with Twitter when everyone knows everything about everything - he kept it to himself.
"He made two albums without anybody knowing he was making them. He had treatment for his illnesses without anyone knowing or anyone saying anything.
"And that is the mystique of the man, because we know David Bowie the figure, the singer, the outrageous performer, but actually, we don’t know anything about him - and that’s the way it should be in music and should be in any art form whatsoever.”
Meanwhile, one of Bowie’s closest aides told how it was almost as if the singer knew he was going to die two days after his birthday.
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“He certainly planned for Blackstar to be released when it did – his birthday.
“It’s too coincidental. On the song The Girl Loves Me he asks ‘where the f*** did Monday go?’
“I’ve got no evidence but I think he did.
"It was like Mozart writing his requiem or the famous Dennis Potter who kept writing scripts on his deathbed.”
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