Jan 112016
Died of cancer overnight.
Not a particular favorite of mine, but I suppose there’ll be some interest here. He was of course responsible for “Space Oddity,” one of a string of popular songs that makes spaceflight sound sad and depressing; he was also responsible for creating his son Zowie. Zowie, fortunately, was well-adjusted enough to prefer to be called something less obviously “crazed idiot celebrity,” and is now known as Duncan Jones. Jones directed the science fiction movie “Moon” a few years ago, which, while yet again being a “spaceflight is sad” pop culture artifact, was at least a reasonably intelligent flick.