David Bowie’s supermodel wife Iman pays touching tribute to her late husband to mark a year since he died
It will be the anniversary of his death on Tuesday
DAVID' Bowie's wife Iman has paid an emotional tribute to her late husband, as she prepares herself for the anniversary of his death.
On Tuesday it will be a year since the Ziggy Stadust star passed away, and his supermodel spouse has shared an intimate snap of them together.
Taking to Instagram, the beautiful model shared a picture of the couple embracing on the beach.
She is wearing a floaty white dress and he is holding a hat in front of their faces as they kiss , she captioned it: "#fbf #imanarchive #BowieForever"
The couple were married in 1992.
Shortly after he died, she spoke about the secret to their happy 24 year marriage.
Speaking to Oprah she said: "We both understand the difference between the person and the persona,' the 60-year-old explained. 'When we are home, we are just Iman and David. We’re not anybody else."
She went on: "I think the secret to a lasting marriage is timing, first of all,' she said. 'You have to be at the right time in your life that you’re ready for an everlasting relationship, that it becomes first, and a priority in life.
"If your career is important to you, don’t get married and have children, because something will give."
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Meanwhile, last night fans were given a glimpse into the months leading up to Bowie's death.
David Bowie: The Last Five Years airs was shown on BBC Two and revealed that he only found out his liver cancer was terminal three months before he died.
The musician was filming the music video for Lazarus when told his treatment would be stopped.
On the documentary, director Johan Renck said: “The week we were shooting is when he found out that it is over.
“We’ll end treatment or whatever that means, that his illness has won.”
Bowie died on January 10 last year, just days after turning 69.
Renck added the video, which shows the star with his eyes covered by bandages, was not about the illness.
He said: “That was only because I liked the imagery of it.”
The Last Five Years looks at the singer’s acclaimed A Reality Tour in 2003 as well as the last four years of his life in which he returned with two albums after a 10-year absence and helped produce hit musical Lazarus.
It includes rare and never-before-seen footage of Bowie and interviews during his Ziggy Stardust characterisation and is a follow-up to the acclaimed David Bowie: Five Years, which was broadcast in 2013.
In one early interview, Bowie is asked if he always wanted to be famous, to which he replies: “Yeah. It’s more than being a star.
“What it is really is that I want to be productive.
“I’m not content to just be a rock ‘n’ roll star all my life.
"I am trying to be one at the moment because I need it at the moment for a particular reason so I can get off and do other things.”
Visconti, the man behind more than half of Bowie’s studio albums including The Man Who Sold The World and Heroes, added: “David had great, grand ideas.
“To become well known, famous, for him was initially to have the resources to realise what his ideas were.
“He really does come from that spirit, he just didn’t want to be famous per se.”
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