Iman is keeping her late husband David Bowie's memory alive for the rest of her life, just over a decade since his death at 69.
The supermodel, 70, first met the "Space Oddity" singer back in 1990, and they tied the knot just two years later. Each already had one child from a prior marriage, and welcomed their daughter Alexandra "Lexi" Jones in August 2000.
© InstagramA heavenly Father's Day
David passed away in January 2016, two days after his 69th birthday, and since then, Iman has frequently shared tributes to the late musician, including on Sunday, June 21, aka Father's Day.
Iman took to her Instagram page with a throwback of the "Blackstar" hitmaker embracing their daughter Lexi, dressed in a pink princess frock with a large silver crown, and wrote beside it: "Happy Heavenly Father's Day. We love & miss you."
Fan reactions
Her followers took to the comments section with many sweet recollections of the singer and some emotional responses of their own. "Always was & still is my hero," one wrote.
Another added: "Does anyone else momentarily, just for a second forget he's not here with us anymore?" with a third saying: "Sharing in the melancholy loss of today with you and many others. They are looking over us and forever fathers," and one commenting: "Such a sweet picture. She will always be daddy's little girl."
David Bowie and fatherhood
David welcomed a son named Duncan with his first wife, Angie Bowie, back in 1971. Duncan, now 55, is a BAFTA-winning director, producer and screenwriter. Lexi, meanwhile, is a singer-songwriter like her father, as well as an artist and animator.
© Getty ImagesDespite his lifelong edgy rock star persona, David embraced fatherhood completely, telling The Telegraph in 2007: "I don't have that sense of loneliness I had before, which was very strong," of life since becoming a dad.
"I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family–oriented guy," he continued. "I didn't think that was part of my make-up. But somebody said that as you get older you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that's happening to me. I'm rather surprised at who I am, because I'm actually like my dad."
© InstagramHe also told Billboard in 2003 that becoming a dad and getting further along in his career had also diminished his desire for "theatrics" in his performance style. "I'm not that concerned with theatrics anymore at all. I haven't been for a long time. I'm wallowing in the whole idea of just being a guy out there with a band, with songs. It's a real enjoyment."
The birth of Lexi, in particular, affected the way he wrote songs too. "Since the birth of my daughter I tend to write aggressively from a more optimistic standpoint, even if the subject matter is kind of dark."
© Getty Images"I really don't want to cast a dark shadow over her future, subtly or psychologically. It really behooves me to kind of be more positive about things than I might have been before she was born."
