Great article about David Bowie and Iman

[tabasco]

I really enjoyed this article and thought DU might like it too.

http://www.people.com/article/david-bowie-dead-iman-lasting-love

The family became a fixture in their downtown New York neighborhood. "We had this children's section above the staircase and sometimes I would stand under it and listen to him read to his kids," says Allison Glasgow, who works at the bookstore Bowie frequented. "It was amazing. It's one of those pinch-me things. His voice would just float up – unassuming, but you knew it was him."

When the family bought a home in Woodstock, New York, they endeared themselves there too. "David was extremely approachable and often went to celebrate his children's birthdays in Woodstock," says Danielle Parker, a journalist who got to know the famous family. "The last time I saw him alive was in 2011. He was with his family as he always was – looking sharp. Iman was breathtaking and their little girl was growing up into a beautiful young woman."

And, says Parker, it was obvious that the love between Bowie and Iman never faded. "You could see after so many years of marriage that they were just like two teenagers in love."

[Triana]

1. Thanks tabasco! n/t

[progressoid]

2. A couple of videos with Bowie and Iman

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. Saw them in person at an event. He was very approachable

[smirkymonkey]

4. Lovely!

What a loss. I am still absorbing it. It was such a shock.

[bvf]

5. Thanks, tabasco. Good read. n/t

[rusty quoin]

6. That's wonderful.

In the seventies I watched him change many times. Into the eighties he did more changing...the early nineties I kept in touch...too cool...and what you described...wow.

I am very glad he came back from the cocaine guest on Dick Cavett to become the happy parent.

But he was brilliant. I read a biography of him trying to make famous. I forgot most of it. I remember the kid fight leading to two different eyes. I remember a part about Alice Cooper being famous and why wasn't he famous like that.

So he tried different things, and glitter rock worked. Then, people listened to his songs.

I'm not making a good enough case, but there has never been anyone like him.