Bowie Told By Son He Would Have Been Grandad

David Bowie found out that he would have been a grandfather just days before he died from cancer last month.

His son, film director Duncan Jones, revealed on Wednesday that he had told his father the news in a Christmas card.

"Due in June. Circle of life. Love you, granddad," Jones wrote on Twitter as he posted the drawing of a foetus in a uterus.

Bowie died on 10 January from a private battle with liver cancer two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his final album, Blackstar.

Jones, the son of the music icon and his former wife Angie Bowie, is married to the photographer Rodene Ronquillo.

Bowie also has a teenage daughter, Lexi, from his marriage to supermodel Iman.

Bowie, who was born in London but lived his final years in New York, was one of the most influential artists in rock history and also had a wide impact on theatre and fashion.

He pioneered glam rock early in his career and went on to pursue soul, electronica, disco and jazz.