‘I wish we had had more years’: David Bowie’s wife Iman says she’ll ‘never’ marry again
‘It was a beautiful, ordinary life and that was what was great about it,’ supermodel says of her marriage to Bowie
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Your support makes all the difference.Iman has opened up about her late husband, David Bowie, calling him her “true love” and saying that she will "never" marry again.
Speaking to Harper's Bazaar UK, the 65-year-old supermodel said, "You know, this was my true love. My daughter once asked me if I would ever marry again and I said, 'never'." Bowie, who died of liver cancer in 2016, shared a daughter named Lexi with Iman.
Iman, who married Bowie in 1992, also spoke about how "regular" their life together was, saying that she wished they'd had more time together.
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"It could not have been more regular!" she said. "It was a really everyday marriage. He was a very funny, warm gentleman – you know, everyone talks about him being futuristic, but no, he was not, he liked more than anything to wear a three-piece suit … It was a beautiful, ordinary life and that was what was great about it. We could live in New York, pick up our daughter from school, walk everywhere ... You know, I wish we had had more years."
Iman also described her feelings around the anniversary of Bowie's death, calling it "the saddest time". The five-year anniversary of his death is on 10 January. She feels, though, that the singer is still with her.
"He’s hiding in plain sight," she said. "His fans are still around, his music is still relevant … On the day of his passing, I went on a hike and a bluebird flew in front of me. A bluebird, above all things!"
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