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Marc Bolan's life - tragic death in car accident, will row and David Bowie bond
READ NEXT: Kurt Cobain to John Lennon - rockstars who died tragically young and how they diedHowever, Marc's life was tragically cut short following his death - just seven years after hitting pop fame.On the 45th anniversary of Marc's death, Daily Star looks back on the life of one of the music icon.Marc Bolan became one of the children of the revolution, when he first entered the limelight in 1966, when he became a member of the band John's Children in 1966.Following minor success with the group, he formed Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1968 with fellow band member Steve Took - but it would be two more years until they hit the big time.After shortening their name to T.Rex, Marc later became a teen idol, after the band hit the charts with their 1970 single Ride A White Swan.They also landed their one and only US hit, when their iconic track Bang a Gong (Get It On) hit the charts in the states in 1971.However in the UK, their popularity continued to boom, scoring hit single after hit single with songs such as Metal Guru, Children Of The Revolution and 20th Century Boy, along with the number one album Electric Warrior by 1972.He became one the faces of the Glam Rock music movement in the early seventies, joining huge stars including David Bowie, Slade and The Sweet - to name a few.However in 1974, Marc moved to the states with his partner Gloria Jones to work as a soul producer, after proclaiming the year before: "Glam Rock is dead," according to Louder Sound.Speaking to journalist Geoff Barton in 1975, as relayed in his retrospective feature in Louder Sound, Marc said at the time about his career: "People were saying that I was done for even from the time when Debora [Tyrannosaurus Rex’s 1968 single] came out."A lot of people like
