Photographer Mick Rock, famed for his David Bowie and Queen portraits, dies at 72


By AGENCY

Photographer Mick Rock, whose iconic portraits of rock stars including David Bowie, Lou Reed and Debbie Harry saw him dubbed "the man who shot the 70s,” has died. He was 72.

A statement posted on Friday on Rock’s official social media accounts said: "It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share our beloved psychedelic renegade Mick Rock has made the Jungian journey to the other side.” No cause of death was given.

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