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Iman has honored her late husband David Bowie with a new tattoo.

The legendary singer died following an 18-month private battle with liver cancer on January 10, 2016, aged 69, and Iman marked the 10th anniversary of his passing by getting the five minimalist rune-like black shapes from the bottom of his final album, Blackstar, inked on her forearm.

The 70-year-old model took to Instagram on Saturday (10.01.26) and posted a video of the moment she got the tattoo - of which the shapes abstractly spell out "BOWIE" - and captioned the upload with: "Jan 10th. The pain didn't vanish.. it left in its place a loving permanent mark. (sic)"

Iman - who had daughter Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones, 25, with David, and is stepmom to his 54-year-old son, film director Duncan Jones, whom the Heroes hitmaker had with his 76-year-old ex-wife, model-and-actress Angie Bowie - added the hashtag "#BowieForever".

Iman set the post to David's 1977 track Subterraneans.

Her followers reacted to the sweet tribute in the post's comments section.

One person penned: "Amazing. Simply beautiful. Thinking of you, Lexi and Duncan (and family) on this day. Sending light and love always. (sic)"

A second user wrote: "What a beautiful tattoo. And tribute to your wonderful husband."

And a third supporter typed: "True love never dies! Much much [love] to you and your family! Beautiful tribute! (sic)."

Just two days before the 10th anniversary of David's death, Iman marked what would have been his 79th birthday with a sweet Instagram post.

Captioning a black-and-white photo of the five-time Grammy award winner, she penned: "Jan 8th. Happy Heavenly Birthday. Your light burns so bright in all our hearts! We love and miss you."

Iman added the hashtag "#BowieForever".

Alexandria also took to the social media platform and paid tribute to her dad on his birthday.

Captioning a series of photos of the pair together over the years, she wrote: "Da big 79 today. Happy birthday pops, miss ya! (sic)"

Iman met David when they were set up on a blind date in 1990.

In 2000, the Starman hitmaker told HELLO! magazine: "My attraction to her was immediate and all-encompassing.

"That she would be my wife, in my head, was a done deal," he gushed. "I'd never gone after anything in my life with such passion in all my life. I just knew she was the one."

Iman knew David was her Mr. Right two weeks into dating him.

In 2011, she told The Cut: "I was coming from Paris, and I got to Los Angeles at the airport. The doors open to the plane, and I come out, and I see all these people taking a picture of somebody…He was standing there, flowers in hand, no security. That was when I knew he was a keeper."

After popping the question to Iman on the banks of the River Seine in France, the couple wed twice in 1992.

They were first legally married in a private ceremony on April 24 that year in Lausanne, Switzerland, and then they had a bigger wedding ceremony two months later at the American Church of St. James in Florence, Italy, on June 6, 1992.

And the couple were together up until David's death in January 2016.

In a 2021 interview with People, Iman said she "still feels married" following David's passing.

She added: "Someone a few years ago referred to David as my late husband, and I said, 'No, he's not my late husband. He's my husband.' Through my memory, my love lives."