Watching Bowie become a global icon

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known David

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since his youth George witnessed his

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Evolution into a global icon but did he

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ever imagine Bowie's rise to such height

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and how did their friendship shape their

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collaborations the fact that he's

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covered so many generations of fans that

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that takes him doing he did that with

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Grace I would like to thought thought of

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as a friend of David's uh because I was

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I mean we were friends for so long I

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mean gosh people say that um you know I

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was lucky to have known him no he was

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lucky to have known me that's what I

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say in 2016 the world Lost David to

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liver cancer a sudden loss that rippled

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through his millions of fans and his

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close-knit circle of friends including

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George he didn't tell me about it and I

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think he was trying to sort of be kind

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to me I had a feeling it wasn't quite

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100% but when it came you know I shot

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out of the blue and I was very upset

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yeah still missing you know remember

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when I think we were 65 or something

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emailed me saying old men now eh and I

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said yeah I said I said I look in the

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mirror and I looking I see my father and

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he said that's weird he said I look in

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Mir I