And, at least for David Bowie and Iman, it was.
Just two years later, the pair were married (viaBrides).
I could walk through my garden forever."
More than anything, these messages on social media illuminate a love that even death can’t extinguish.
“My attraction to her was immediate and all-encompassing,” Bowie toldHello.
“I couldn’t sleep for the excitement of our first date.”
Iman also experienced this immediate affection for Bowie though not for his stage persona.
“I fell in love with David Jones,” Iman toldThe Guardianin 2014.
“I did not fall in love with David Bowie.
Bowie is just a persona.”
“You know, this was my true love,” Iman toldHarper’s Bazaar.
“My daughter once asked me if I would ever marry again and I said, ‘never.’
It was a beautiful, ordinary life and that was what was great about it.
