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Mayor to name Paris street after David Bowie
A Paris street will soon be named after the late British rock star David Bowie.
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British singer David Bowie performs in Paris on July 1, 2002. (AFP/Bertrand Guay)
A Paris street will soon be named after the late British rock star David Bowie, a local mayor announced on Friday.
David Bowie aurait eu 73 ans aujourd'hui
Et j'ai un scoop : une rue de #Paris13 devrait prochainement porter son nom !! 🔥
Mais chuuuuut. 🤫 pic.twitter.com/JXZcZfr7y7
— Jérôme Coumet (@jerome_coumet) January 8, 2020
"There will soon be a Rue David Bowie in the 13th arrondissement of Paris," Jerome Coumet, mayor of the district told AFP.
The socialist mayor, a professed fan of Bowie who died in 2016, said a new road near the major Austerlitz station in the southeast of the French capital would bear the name of the music megastar.
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"The naming must be approved by the Paris council in February, something which Coumet said would normally happen without problems.
Bowie who created such enduring hits as "Heroes" and "Space Oddity", "had a strong link with the city of lights", he added
Bowie would have turned 73 on Wednesday.
