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English singer, musician and actor David Bowie (1947 - 2016) paints the coving of his ground floor flat at Haddon Hall in silver paint, Beckenham, south-east London, 24th April 1972. This was after the recording of Bowie's concept album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars', but before its release on 6th June 1972. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)