The Somali-American supermodel and actress, who was married to Bowie for more than three decades, revealed the tattoo in a video shared on social media on January 10, 10 years to the day since the singer’s passing from cancer at the age of 69.
Bowie was born David Robert Jones in Brixton on January 8, 1947, and spent his formative years in Bromley, living at 4 Plaistow Grove from the age of eight to 20.
The tattoo is a tribute to Bowie’s final album Blackstar, which was released on his 69th birthday just two days before his death in 2016.
Iman wrote on Instagram:
She said: “The pain didn’t vanish.. it left in its place a loving permanent mark.”
A mural in Brixton painted in 2013 by Australian street artist Jimmy Cochrane remains a popular landmark, while plans are underway to open his childhood home in Bromley to the public, read more here.
The Heritage of London Trust has acquired the house with the intention of transforming it into an immersive experience that will include creative and skills workshops and opportunities for fans to explore the environment where Bowie wrote early material, including Space Oddity.
The Trust said: “We are working closely with the family and are at the start of planning for a scheme which looks to open the house for immersive visitor stays and atmospheric tours.”
He began his recording career in the 1960s as a pop singer, before rising to fame with his glam rock albums of the 1970s, including The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Aladdin Sane.
His artistic evolution continued through the decades, embracing soul on Young Americans, experimental rock on Station to Station, and electronic and krautrock influences on the Berlin Trilogy: Low, Heroes, and Lodger.
