Somali-American model Iman married English Rock star David Bowie on 24th April 1992 in a private ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland.

David Bowie and Iman

David Bowie and Iman

The wedding was solemnised on 6th June in Florence, Italy.

Bowie wrote Black Tie White Noise which was supposedly a ‘wedding’ album inspired by his marriage to Iman.

The couple have one daughter together- Alexandra Zahra Jones born on 15th August 2000.

Iman is also the stepmother to Bowie’s son- filmmaker Duncan Jones from his previous marriage.

The pair mostly resided in New York City and London- but they also owned an apartment in Elizabeth Bay in Sydney and Britannia Bay House on the Island of Mustique.  

When Bowie died on 10th January 2016- she wrote a tribute to him that read- ‘the struggle is real- but so is God.’

Source: Wikipedia and IMDB. 


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