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Article: The unlikely triumph of ZOWIE BOWIE; ... or in the words of his mother, the refreshingly different tale of how a rock star's son DIDN'T end up as a drug addled celeb - but earned genuine success (once he decided to ditch that daft name).(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 9, 2009
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Byline: From Caroline Graham IN LOS ANGELES
HIS mother and father were drink and drug abusers, given to violent rows. While they disappeared on long binges, he was left in the care of an employee. When his parents' marriage eventually broke up amid acrimony and accusations, he was packed off to an austere boarding school where his ridiculous name set him apart from his classmates. Later, as he tried to make his own way in the world, he first had to step out from the long shadow cast by his rock-legend father.
It is a textbook blueprint for delinquency and dissolution. Had Duncan Jones, son of David and Angie Bowie and formerly named 'Zowie Bowie', become ...