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Angie Bowie: David Bowie had to present as 'heterosexual with bisexual tendencies' in America
Angie Bowie has claimed the late David Bowie had to "present as heterosexual with bisexual tendencies" to make it in America. The 'Starman' hitmaker's ex-wife - with whom she had 50-year-old son Duncan Jones - assisted in the creation of Ziggy Stardust, Bowie's androgynous alien stage persona, and she has recalled how in the 70s in the US, they had to carefully consider how Bowie's sexuality came across. She said: "He had to basically present as heterosexual with bisexual tendencies to get by the American censors.