Bowie turned 69 on Friday, which coincided with the release of "Blackstar," his 25th studio

album. | NILS MEILVANG/AFP/Getty Images

European leaders pay homage to

David Bowie
The singer died Sunday after a long battle with cancer.
By
CYNTHIA KROET
 
1/11/16, 10:10 AM CET
 
Updated 1/11/16, 12:41 PM CET
Europe’s political leaders
paid tribute Monday to
British singer David Bowie,
who died Sunday after a long
battle with cancer, according
to his official Twitterand
Facebook accounts.
In a tweet, U.K. Prime
Minister David Cameron
called Bowie a “pop genius”
and a “master of re-
invention, who kept getting it
right. A huge loss.”

EU Trade Commissioner
Cecilia Malmström said on
her Twitter account that
Bowie was the “biggest of
them all! How sad.”

Bowie turned 69 on Friday,

which coincided with the
release of “Blackstar,” his
25th studio album.

Here’s how politicians and

EU leaders reacted to
Bowie’s death on social
media:
Authors:

@David_Cameron
@MalmstromEU
@NicolaSturgeon
@catherinemep
@GuyVerhofstadt
@pierremoscovici
@George_Osborne
@KGeorgievaEU
@KGeorgievaEU
@JanAlbrecht