Jan. 8 (UPI) —<\/span> Iman is honoring her husband, late music star David Bowie<\/a>, on his birthday.<\/p>\n The model, 69, wished Bowie a “happy heavenly birthday” Wednesday to mark what would have been his 78th year.\n<\/p>\n “You weren’t just a star to me,” Iman said on Facebook<\/a>. “You were my whole damn sky.”<\/p>\n Bowie died in January 2016<\/a>, two days after his 69th birthday.<\/p>\n “I will never remarry,” Iman said in an interview almost three years later<\/a>. “I mentioned my husband the other day with someone, and they said to me: ‘You mean your late husband?’ I said, no, he is always going to be my husband.”<\/p>\n Iman shared a photo of Bowie alongside her birthday tribute Wednesday. The image shows Bowie wearing a paisley shirt, pinstripe suit and tie. The singer-songwriter is crouched on a bed while holding an electric guitar and beaming.<\/p>\n The caption includes the hashtag “bowieforever.”<\/p>\n Iman and Bowie shared a daughter, Alexandria. Bowie also had a son, Duncan, with Angie Bowie.<\/p>\n Flowers are piled around a portrait in tribute to British singer David Bowie at his place of birth in Brixton in London on January 12, 2016. Photo by Rune Hellestad\/UPI | License Photo<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/collection\/ph\/upi\/9842\/d98c449edcaad4cffa13bc2c6e0a7735\/Fans-craft-makeshift-memorials-for-David-Bowie_1_1.jpg\")
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