David Bowie at 65: a life in pictures

1965: An early photograph of David Bowie Photograph: CA/Getty Images/Redferns

1968: Bowie 'in mime' at the Middle Earth club in London Photograph: Ray Stevenson/Rex Features

1973: Applying Ziggy Stardust make-up Photograph: Roger Bamber/Rex Features

1973: David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images

1973: David Bowie in a studio portrait session as Ziggy Stardust Photograph: Masayoshi Sukita/Bureau L.A. Collection/Corbis

1973: David Bowie and Mick Ronson in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon Photograph: Ilpo Musto/Rex Features

1973: Bowie on stage as Ziggy Stardust wearing a jumpsuit and feather boa Photograph: Bill Orchard/Rex Features

7 February 1974: With his first wife, Angie, and their son, then known as Zowie, at a press conference at the Amstel hotel in Amsterdam Photograph: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns

1974: Bowie with eyepatch recording Rebel Rebel in the TopPop studios in Hilversum, Holland Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

A studio portrait of the singer in the mid 70s Photograph: Michael Ochs/Getty Images

1976: In Los Angeles, California, around the time Bowie adopted the persona of the Thin White Duke Photograph: Steve Schapiro/Corbis

1976: David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Feature

25 June 1977: In Paris Photograph: Christian Simonpietri/Corbis

June 1978: David Bowie on stage at Newcastle city hall Photograph: Denis O'Regan/Getty Images

1983: At a Hong Kong hotel Photograph: Denis O'Regan/Getty Images

1986: Starring in the film Labyrinth
Photograph: C.Tristar/Everett/Rex Features

1987: In concert in Sydney Photograph: Denis O'Regan/Getty Images

1987: David Bowie and Tina Turner together in an advert for Pepsi Photograph: Live Press/Rex Features

1991: David Bowie and Iman announce their engagement; they married the following year
Photograph: Richard Young/Rex Features

1997: David Bowie receives a star on the Hollywood walk of fame in Los Angeles Photograph: Peter Brooker/Rex Features

11 July 2002: In concert at Roseland in New York Photograph: K Mazur/WireImage

2012: A mosaic by the artist Ed Chapman Photograph: Ed Chapman/PA