Conan remembers David Bowie with charming highlights from interviews past

David Bowie was an occasional guest on Conan OBrien talk shows

(Image credit: Conan)

last updated 12 January 2016

Lots of David Bowie fans were crushed when they learned Monday that the multitalented musical giant had died from cancer, but unlike most of us, Conan O'Brien had met Bowie on several occasions. Bowie was "mind-glowingly talented," O'Brien said on Monday night's Conan. "But in my experience, he was also an incredibly nice person. He was fun, he was always funny." And so Conan put together a reel of highlights from Bowie's several appearances on Conan's shows. You can watch Bowie talk about his hair, grudgingly humor Conan by singing a song, discuss the time he briefly renamed himself Tom Jones, and explore using his "David Bowie" voice while singing nursery rhymes to his 1-year-old daughter in the video below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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