Iman, the wife of the late David Bowie, paid tribute to her husband on Instagram for Father’s Day with a heartfelt message. Along with a photo of Bowie and their daughter Alexandria, she wrote, “Happy Fathers Day #LexiLove (sic).” Bowie died in January 2016 after a long battle with cancer.
The 60-year-old model also shared a picture of herself and her father with the caption, “Happy Fathers Day, daddy! Thank you for being the first gentle man in my life #fathersday (sic).”
She had also remembered her late husband earlier this month acknowledging what would have been their 24th wedding anniversary. “June 6th…., 24th wedding anniversary #foreverlove (sic),” with, “The best thing about me is you” written on the image.
Just two months after Bowie’s passing, Iman lost her mother Marian Abdulmajid and posted on Twitter, “May Allah grant her the highest jannah.”
The Somali entrepreneur previously credited her and Bowie’s long-lasting marriage to several factors, adding: “We both understand the difference between the person and the persona. When we are home, we are just Iman and David. We’re not anybody else. I think the secret to a lasting marriage is timing, first of all. 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.”
She continued: “If your career is important to you, don’t get married and have children, because something will give. I know as women we want to be able to have it all, but we can’t have it all at the same time. So make your priority of what you want at that time. And sometimes you don’t even have to get married. Why do you have to get married?”