David Bowie secured his family’s financial future in the year he turned 50, it emerged last night. Despite his huge success, the singer was thought to be close to bankruptcy in the 1970s with a string of bad business deal. But
an astute financial move in 1997 brought him millions – allowing him to
buy back the rights to some of his most popular work from a former
manager. It
meant that, when he died on Sunday aged 69, Bowie is believed to have
left a fortune of £135million to his second wife, Iman, and his two
children.
