Tony Visconti Reflects on a Year Without David Bowie in Emotional New Message

Today marks the one-year anniversary of David Bowie’s passing. In an emotional statement posted to Facebook, longtime Bowie producer Tony Visconti spoke on discovering that his friend and colleague had died. He was with his Holy Holy bandmates at the time: “Looking back a year I realize I was so fortunate I was with my band when the news broke,” he wrote. “If I was on my own I would have been totally devastated, totally.”

Visconti goes on to talk about grieving Bowie and the celebrations that occurred shortly before his death due to the release of Blackstar. He closes by writing, “I will try to accept that David has passed. I’ve been through every stage of grief in the past 365 days, including anger. Of course, he never left us in spirit. We are fortunate to have lived in the same time as him. We’ve seen him, we’ve heard him sing and speak, we’ve hugged him, we’ve worshipped him and we are constantly reminded of him daily. He was a legend in his lifetime and he will be a legend until the end of time. But he was my friend too. I miss him dearly.” Read the full note below.

Read our Afterword on David Bowie, as well as our feature, “Anthems for the Moon: David Bowie’s Sci-Fi Explorations.”

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