LONDON -- The city that gave birth to David Bowie paid tribute on Monday morning to the London boy who went on to break boundary after boundary in rock and pop music across six decades.
Bowie's death was announced early Monday morning just days after his 28th album was released. The artist had been battling cancer for over a year and a half.
In his birthplace of Brixton, south London, people left flowers at a mural celebrating him.
Although Bowie was born in Brixton, he moved to Beckenham, south east of London, at the age of six. Fans left tribute outside what was the Three Tuns pub where he started a creative arts scene.
First floral tribute to David Bowie outside what was the Three Tuns in Beckenham pic.twitter.com/uZKx543cFK— Jonathan Savage (@JSavageTweets) January 11, 2016
Tributes outside the Beckenham venue where David Bowie played some of his first gigs (now a pizza chain!) pic.twitter.com/wqv4wXX5rp— Hilary Burkitt (@hilaryburkitt) January 11, 2016
My mate Dave in Beckenham has done an "analogue window gesture". pic.twitter.com/3ne7gPX86U— Matthew Sweet (@DrMatthewSweet) January 11, 2016
Others called for people to make a shrine at the bandstand in Beckenham where Bowie once performed.
#bowieRIP make a shrine for David Bowie at the bandstand in Beckenham :Thanks for all the Golden Years @Beckenham pic.twitter.com/Ax88q16W6K— Rob Shepherd (@Shep_62) January 11, 2016
Some called for something more permanent in light of his death.
We need a statue in Beckenham town centre park, surely #DavidBowie has done enough to earn the spot?— Mowl (@CaptainStroppy) January 11, 2016
Meanwhile, north of the river, a touching tribute in East Finchley's tube station was widely retweeted.
Well done East Finchley tube station staff @TfL #davidbowie pic.twitter.com/EBDHPCCcfz— Charlie Elliott (@charlienin) January 11, 2016
The BT Tower in central London also paid tribute to Bowie.
London’s BT Tower displays its own tribute to British icon David Bowie, following news of his death earlier today https://t.co/ol3jAXML5W— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) January 11, 2016
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