No.. most people were probably shocked he died young... I don't think many people realized or even knew he was addicted to anything. I sure as hell didn't know he was using pain killers or had hip surgery. And no I'm not some person who was under a rock or something...ain't my business what he did or didn't do. That's the one thing I don't care for about fame...the fact that people feel like they have the right to delve into their private lives or even their public lives for that matter.
meh...
If this were true:
a lot more would be dead by now. Interestingly people didn't pick apart David Bowie's habits/life and accepted his death at face value- cancer without trying to make more of it... there are a few rock stars and actors who did not indulge and still died young. There are also probably stars who are or were addicted who are still living- well into their 60s/70s.
Meh...
I dunno. For me it's almost a given if your. A Rock star of that era...the odds you were using hard drugs were are rather high (pun intended) but eh...
Im sure a bunch were celibate church goers too..
And all that.
As for me I'm not picking apart his life, perhaps it's more proper to state I'm picking apart his death.
Sure.
If they are going to change Niagara Falls to purple to remember him, and dominate the news feeds for days in remembrance, then I figure at least I can also swing in to the bargain....
Mainly because I Was, and that is past tense for any one who cares,I WAS addicted to the very same drugs he is reported to have been addicted too.
So
Thus I offer my opinions. Which are not arm chair..
As for Bowie plenty picked his life apart...few his death. Sure. Prob because the cause of his death was known even before he died to him and those who cared for him and his fans..he knew he was dying close to a year before...
This no mystery..thus no need to pick it apart..
Bowie wasn't drug addicted till the end either, and he actually spent allot of his time helping others to kick addiction.
For what it's worth.
Neither prince or Bowie are my cup of sake..