David Bowie and supermodel Iman (full name Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid) met at a party in 1990 and so one of rock’s greatest couples got together. (Photo: Instagram, @cestmarobe)
On 24 April 1992, the Somalian-born model and the chameleon of rock got married in Lausanne, Switzerland. (Photo: Instagram, @foreveronke)
“We are very private so we decided from early on that we will keep the press and editors and everybody out of our house,” Iman told Interview magazine in 2013. (Photo: Instagram, @giordanolanzanova)
Despite constantly changing his on-stage appearance and persona, Bowie remained true to his love for Iman and his children. (Photo: Instagram, @jan_jewell)
Bowie and Iman’s daughter Alexandria Zahra Jones was born 15 August 2000. Iman also became stepmother to Bowie’s son from a previous marriage, Duncan Jones (now 44). (Photo: Instagram, @blackcelebkids)
The highly unconventional Mr. and Mrs. Jones were inseparable throughout their 23 year marriage, never losing their youthful spark. (Photo: Instagram, @mandizolegushu)
When asked by People magazine how they do it, Bowie joked: “Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation generally does the trick!” (Photo: Instagram, @alloroisin)
The flamboyant glam rocker always insisted that he left the Starman onstage, taking David Jones back home to his wife and family. (Photo: Instagram, @harukahoney)
Iman once said on the Nate Berkus Show that life with Bowie (pictured here with South African singer Miriam Makeba) was indeed as fantastic as anyone could imagine. (Photo: Instagram, @homecomingrevolution)
The couple spent the majority of their married lives between New York City and London, but also owned a home in Sydney, Australia. (Photo: Instagram, @lolobibhop)
The enigmatic Bowie is said to have been diagnosed with cancer about 18 months ago, but he chose not to make the news public. (Photo: Instagram, @_trueafrica)
According to DutchNews.nl, theatre director Ivo van Hove, who worked with Bowie on his off-Broadway musical Lazarus, Bowie continued to work until he was no longer physically capable. (Photo: Instagram, @claudiov)
David Bowie passed away after an 18 month battle with cancer on 10 January, 2016, widowing his wife of 23 years, Iman. (Photo: Instagram, @essencemag)
“The struggle is real, but so is God,” Iman wrote on Twitter the day David Bowie died. (Photo: Instagram, @destinyslegendarychildren)
David Bowie and Iman together will forever stand as an example of true love under extraordinary circumstances. (Photo: Instagram, @sparkle_lashes)
The union of a rock star and a supermodel sounds like the kind of cliché that can only end in tears, thrown plates and trashed hotel rooms, but not for these two. We take a look back at one of rock royalty’s most stylish and lasting loves between the recently deceased David Bowie and Iman.
