Turn and face the strange

Wow, David Bowie gone.

Someone who inspired me to learn the phrases " wham bam, thank you maa'm" and also how to call Major Tom from ground control.
A man who reinvented himself with every decade, from Ziggy Stardust at the beginning of the punk  movement, on to Alladin Sane, through the Thin White Duke of the second British invasion, and on to be the distinguished gentleman of all things avant garde.
He had an ability to steal the spotlight by becoming someone entirely different on stage. People like Buster Poindexter and Twisted Sister give respect every time they put on their makeup.
He had such (sound and) vision that he played the title character in a movie about a song he wrote, fittingly about an alien, The Man Who Fell to Earth.
He was a pioneer of the MTV era, as well as the digital age.
One of the first transvestite, gender bending, I don't give a shit performers.
Got married interracially, before it was widely accepted, to a freaking supermodel, no less.
Portrayed a goblin king in a kids movie, and nailed it. If you haven't seen Labyrinth, do it now.

Ch-ch-ch-changes / Turn and face the strange.

Damn, I'm gonna miss him.

Rest in Peace, Ziggy.