United Kingdom, Sept. 8 -- Woody Woodmansey didn't know David Bowie was "seriously" ill until he died.

The 75-year-old drummer, the last surviving original member of Bowie's Spiders from Mars has recalled how his last contact with the Ziggy Stardust hitmaker was just a day before he passed away from liver cancer in January 2016.

Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz Managing Director Rick Sky at the inaugural ZIGGYFEST at Ziggy Green in London on Saturday (07.09.25), Woody, 75, said: "Tony Visconti knew he was ill, but he didn't know he was that ill.

"I thought he was ill, but nothing serious, I just thought it was a simple problem.

"Tony [Visconti] thought he got through it. When we went to New York we heard 'Oh David is coming down t...