Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This A new book has disclosed the lengths David Bowie went to hide his terminal illness from the world – and claimed he almost died a few years before his 2016 death. The iconic “Ziggy Stardust” singer died aged 69 in January 2016 following a secret fight with cancer, and 10 years on, insiders are recalling their surprise at learning the news while making a new record and stage play with him just months before. According to the biography Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie, the singer is believed to have been diagnosed with liver cancer in 2014 and been told it was inoperable in November 2015. Bowie’s diagnosis inspired his final record, Blackstar, and accompanying stage production, Lazarus – and the singer remained tight-lipped about his situation, only telling those whom it directly impacted. One such person was Lazarus director Ivo van …