Look I know I'm a single American in a sea of Brits, but my wife is a huge David Bowie fan; by extension I've really gone from liking his works to loving his works. More profoundly over the past few years as I've learned guitar. Musically and artistically, the guy was gifted in ways I can only dream of.
Labyrinth is the single biggest movie in our house. I have bought her tons of original Labyrinth merch over the years (pins, posters, the original LP, etc). Usually it's difficult as all get out to find.
Even as recently as two weeks ago we decided to name our soon to be born son "Jareth David" - to give you some idea.
She's an artist and has done several 'labyrinth-centric' works:
(her ludo mask)
(her goblin king mask)
Last night, around 5:30am our power went out. It was a weird experience. I got woken up by a thump. The lights were dim, which I've never seen happen in 8 years of living there. Then 10 minutes later - thump again - and the power was completely out. It remains that way. I wouldn't be surprised if that was Bowie's ghost, making it's rounds to some of his biggest fans.
She's going to find out when she wakes up and will be heartbroken, as I imagine a great portion of Brits are right now.
Anyways, Cheers and may he rest well in heaven.
