David Bowie and Angelina Barnett, 1970
David Bowie married his first wife Angelina Barnett in a quick and somewhat confusing ceremony at the Bromley registration office in 1970. The couple met in London and married a year later. Angelina was the one who helped him create his iconic on-stage persona Ziggy Stardust. Bowie once admitted in an interview that living with Barnett was like living with a blow torch.
However, the union served both parties very well at the time. Barnett did a wonderful and impressive job promoting Bowie in his early years as a superstar, and you could even say he owes her a lot of his success. The kooky couple divorced after 10 years, in 1980. And for that we say, thank you Mrs. Bowie for all you have done for Rock and Roll.