Fans of David Bowie have begun laying floral tributes, candles and messages dedicated to the memory of the late rock legend in London and Berlin.
Bowie was born David Robert Jones in Brixton on 8 January 1947, just two years after the end of the Second World War. A Ziggy Stardust mural painted by Australian street artist James Cochran, aka Jimmy C, has become the focus of fans' grief. The mural is around the corner from where he was born in Stansfield Road.
Fans lay floral tributes beneath a mural of David Bowie painted by Australian street artist James Cochran, aka Jimmy C, in Brixton, south LondonChris Ratcliffe/AFPFlowers and tributes lie at a David Bowie mural in BrixtonStefan Wermuth/ReutersA woman with a Bowie tattoo visits the memorial under the Brixton muralStefan Wermuth/ReutersA woman wearing Aladdin Sane make-up reacts as she visits a mural of David Bowie in BrixtonStefan Wermuth/ReutersA woman photographs the Brixton mural with a tablet covered in a Bowie caseStefan Wermuth/ReutersFlowers, candles and pictures of Bowie are laid under the mural in BrixtonStefan Wermuth/ReutersA card under the mural quotes a Bowie lyricChris Ratcliffe/AFPA card thanking Bowie is seen under the mural in BrixtonChris Ratcliffe/AFPTwo women stop at a mural of David Bowie in BrixtonStefan Wermuth/ReutersTributes to David Bowie are left under the mural in BrixtonCarl Court/Getty ImagesA tribute to David Bowie is seen on the Ritzy cinema in Brixton, south LondonStefan Wermuth/Reuters
When Bowie was six years old, his family moved to Beckenham, south London. He attended Burnt Ash Junior school in Bromley and performed at many of the area's bars and clubs, including The Three Tuns and the bandstand at the Croydon Road Recreation Ground in Beckenham.
A plaque marks the site of the Three Tuns pub in Bromley, south London, where David Bowie launched his careerStefan Wermuth/ReutersEmma Birch holds her son named Bowie, as she places flowers at the site of the Three Tuns pub in Bromley, where David Bowie performedStefan Wermuth/ReutersFlowers and tributes lie outside the site of the Three Tuns pub in Bromley where David Bowie performedStefan Wermuth/ReutersFlowers and tributes lie at a bandstand named after David Bowie in Beckenham where he lived from the age of sixStefan Wermuth/Reuters
Fans have also been paying tribute to Bowie on Heddon Street, where the cover of the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was photographed.
A plaque marks the site where David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album cover was photographed, on Heddon Street, central LondonStefan Wermuth/ReutersBouquets and tributes lie outside the site where the Ziggy Stardust album cover was photographedStefan Wermuth/ReutersA man wears a Ziggy Stardust badge in central LondonStefan Wermuth/ReutersA man pauses after leaving a bouquet outside the site of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album cover photoshoot in LondonStefan Wermuth/Reuters
German fans have begun leaving tributes outside the apartment block in Berlin where Bowie lived in the 70s. From 1976 to 1978, he recorded some of his most experimental music while living at 155 Hauptstrasse in the Schoeneberg district. Germany's Foreign Ministry said Bowie is "now among heroes" and has thanked the one-time West Berlin resident for "helping to bring down the wall". Mayor Michael Mueller said: "Berliners are mourning a musical genius and one of their most famous fellow citizens."
People gather outside the apartment where David Bowie lived from 1976-78, in Berlin's Schoeneberg districtFabrizio Bensch/ReutersA man places flowers outside the Berlin apartment where David Bowie lived from 1976 to 1978Fabrizio Bensch/ReutersTributes to David Bowie are seen outside his former home in BerlinOdd Andersen/AFPA man walking his dog touches the door frame of Bowie's former home at 155 Hauptstrasse in BerlinOdd Andersen/AFPA message is left on the doorstep of the building where he once lived in BerlinSean Gallup/Getty ImagesFans lay flowers at the doorstep at the building in Berlin where David Bowie once livedSean Gallup/Getty Images
Bowie spent the final years of his life in New York. Tributes have begun appearing outside his former home on Lafayette Street, Soho.
A camera man films the memorial outside the apartment where David Bowie lived in New YorkBrendan McDermid/ReutersAn image of singer David Bowie is seen at a makeshift memorial outside his former home in the Manhattan borough of New YorkMike Segar/Reuters
