The Friday The 13th franchise is far reaching in its place in pop culture and there are a number of people who have become inadvertently a part of the series of films without really having any real involvement themselves. That is the case with the late singer and actor David Bowie. It was announced last night that Bowie died from a an 18 month battle with cancer and for those of us old enough to have grown up in the 1970's and 1980's, he undoubtedly helped shape our lives in one way or another. His place had already been etched in music history in the early 1980's, but his acting turns gave him equal popularity in such films as the severely underrated comedy(1985) and the Fantasy film(1986). However, it is the trivia of David's ties to Friday The 13th which is quite interesting and funny at the same time.It is more common knowledge now than even just ten years ago, but the production crew of the earlier Friday the 13th films began using alias titles for each production, and as a running joke, they would use titles of David Bowie songs to substitute for the Friday The 13th name. It started with Friday The 13th Part 3 usingand on Friday The 13th: A New Beginnin g they usedIt didn't stop there as Jason Lives: Friday The 13th Part 6 would use another Bowie song title,, to hide from the wrath of the unions.Even Jason Takes Manhattan used one of David's titles to escape the attention of adoring fans in Canada for which the production went with the alias. By this point, however, journalists were wise to the ways of producers of the franchise as the L.A. Times even ran a small piece questioning if Ashes To Ashes was indeed Friday The 13th Part 8. Of course, Frank Mancuso Jr.'s office shot it down.Although David Bowie was never involved with any of the productions of films in the Friday The 13th franchise, his small ties to the series of films will always be be remembered, and his place in pop culture and how he touched so many lives will never be forgotten!