Ten years ago the world lost a musical icon, David Bowie, and despite his way with words when writing lyrics sung by millions, his final words to his close friend were far less profound
David Bowie died 10 years ago today, on January 10th, 2016, and just days before, whilst he was battling cancer, he shared what he didn’t know would be his final moments with one of his best friends, Gary Oldman.
Oldman explained after Bowie’s death that the two would regularly Skype during his illness. The music legend’s final days were spent living in New York. Oldman and the Life On Mars icon would catch up every Sunday on a video call as Bowie gave the Batman actor updates on his health.
Oldman opened up about their last conversation, shortly before Vowie’s death from liver cancer, sharing their last exchange as something very ‘on the nose’ for a rockstar. The last words from his dear friend he claimed were “so wonderfully David,” as he was struggling to disconnect from the video call.
Oldman shared: “We were Skyping and you know when you want to disconnect with someone, sometimes you try and disconnect and you can’t and they keep coming back. So he’s pressing the button, and he said, ‘Alright, talk to you next week’ or whatever. And he went, ‘Go away, go away.’ And he pressed the button, and he went ‘f— off’, The Telegraph reports.
The close friend of Bowie’s offered further insight into his later life, when the world was shaken by the news of his death just two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar. According to the friend, the star handled his cancer diagnosis with “dignity, grace and humour” and told Oldman the news via email.
The actor explained the exchange: “I’ve got some good news, I’ve got some bad news’, he wrote: ‘the bad news is I’ve got the big C’. And underneath he wrote, ‘The good news is I got my cheekbones back,’ which I thought was just really dark and really sweet and funny of him.”
Before the two became friends, Oldman was a long-time fan of Bowie, despite being a legend himself, having played the likes of Winston Churchill and Sid Vicious. The two met backstage at a play, but it wasn’t until years later that it really hit him that he was friends with the legendary rockstar.
Source: Mirror
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