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Rock pioneer David Bowie was a financial innovator, too

Late rock legend David Bowie shattered financial barriers as well as musical ones. Faced with the need to…

Late rock legend David Bowie shattered financial barriers as well as musical ones.
Faced with the need to raise cash, Mr. Bowie, who died Sunday at the age of 69 from cancer, considered selling his master recordings in 1997. Instead, he securitized the rights to release his albums made between 1969

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