The supermodel Iman, the widow of the late David Bowie, commemorated what would have been the couple’s 33rd wedding anniversary on June 6, 2025 with a touching Instagram post that included the comment, “My memory loves you; it asks about you all the time.”
Millions of fans could relate, even if they only knew the man through his music. Bowie, who died from liver cancer in 2016 at the age of 69, remains as inspirational and beloved as ever. It all begins, of course, with his songs—which include Heroes, Rebel Rebel and Space Oddity, to begin a list so long that it could reach all the way to Mars. But it’s about more than that. David Bowie was stylish and enlightened, daring and kind. His public presence, along with his music, helps make him so warmly remembered. It’s no surprise that the images of David Bowie in the LIFE print store are among the site’s most popular.
This photo gallery includes some of those classic images, along with many others of Bowie on and off the stage. We see him in the company of fellow music icons such as Bob Dylan, Pete Townshend and Lenny Kravitz. In another shot Bowie stands with Michael Caine, years before the two men would act in Christopher Nolan’s 2006 film The Prestige, with Bowie taking on the role of inventor Nikola Tesla.
This gallery also has several shots of Bowie with his beloved Iman, including one in which they are seated together at a formal event, and the sense of connection between the two is palpable as they lean in close and smile.
Bowie and Iman met on a blind date in 1990, and within two years he proposed to her by the River Seine in Paris, giving her a ring that she had once admired in a Florence jewelry shop when they were first starting to date; Bowie went to great lengths to acquire that ring after he returned to the jewelry store more than a year later and found that someone else had bought the one Iman had admired. It was the kind of romantic gesture that only adds to Bowie’s legend.
Model Iman and husband, musician David Bowie, circa 1992.
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David Bowie with Iman, circa 1993.
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David Bowie in concert, circa 1983.
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Musician David Bowie, circa 1983.
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David Bowie, on stage in 1983.
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David Bowie in concert, circa 1983.
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David Bowie in concert
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David Bowie in concert, circa 1987.
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David Bowie in concert, circa 1987.
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David Bowie performed with a dancer during a concert, circa 1987.
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David Bowie with Bob Dylan
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David Bowie with Michael Caine, years before the two would each appear in the 2006 Christopher Nolan film The Prestige
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David Bowie and his wife Iman with Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson
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David Bowie with Lenny Kravitz, circa 1995.
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David Bowie and Iman with rock star Ric Ocasek and his wife, model Paulina Porizkova, attending the 7th On Sale AIDS benefit sponsored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, 1990.
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David Bowie with Pete Townshend of The Who, circa 1985.
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David Bowie in concert, circa 1983, when his album “Let’s Dance” was topping the charts.
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