David Bowie from a decade-long recording hiatus with "The Next Day." He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album, "Blackstar" (2016). Bowie was born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 in Brixton, London. His mother, Margaret Mary "Peggy" (née Burns; 1913–2001), was born at Shorncliffe Army Camp near Cheriton, Kent. Her paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants who had settled in Manchester. She worked as a waitress at a cinema in Royal Tunbridge Wells. His father, Haywood Stenton "John" Jones (1912–1969), was from Doncaster, and worked as a promotions officer for
Quicksand (David Bowie song) famous members, Aleister Crowley, as well as Heinrich Himmler, Winston Churchill and Juan Pujol (codename: Garbo). "NME" editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray have described it as "Bowie in his darkest and most metaphysical mood", while a contemporary review in "Rolling Stone" remarked on its "superb singing" and "beautiful guitar motif". Marilyn Manson has stated that "Quicksand" and Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" are his favorite songs. Pegg, Nicholas, "The Complete David Bowie", Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, Quicksand (David Bowie song) "Quicksand" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album "Hunky Dory"; it was recorded