David Bowie With His Wife Angie Bowie at Victoria Station Before He Left on a Train to Paris, July 1973

Bowie’s first marriage to Cypriot-American model Angela Bowie ended in divorce and estrangement.

Angela, or ‘Angie’ as she is known, was only 19 when she met Bowie at a gig at The Roundhouse in London in 1969. The pair were married one year later and a year after that welcomed their son, Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones.

Following their divorce in 1980, Angela has said she lost contact with both Bowie and Duncan and hinted at her parents’ strained relationship with her former husband.

Here are some interesting photos of David Bowie with his wife Angie Bowie at Victoria station before he left on a train to Paris in July 1973.

20 Vintage Photos From Between the 1940s and 1970s Show How Glamorous Flying Used to Be!

Although flying today is cheaper, safer, and faster than it's ever been, it's becoming an increasingly unpleasant experience as airlines cram more passengers into planes, causing overcrowding and delays.

It's enough to make travelers wish for the golden age of aviation.

Here are some vintage photos from 1946 to 1970, sourced from Iberia, KLM, Delta, British Airways and Air France, that show just how glamorous flying used to be.

We're grateful that smoking is no longer permitted on planes, but we can't deny this guy's got style. We're grateful that smoking is no longer permitted on planes, but we can't deny this guy's got style. (Courtesy of KLM)

With today's lie-flat beds in first and business class, not all that much has changed since 1949 on a KLM flight. With today's lie-flat beds in first and business class, not all that much has changed since 1949 on a KLM flight. (Courtesy of KLM)

Seats on Delta have definitely shrunk since 1959. Seats on Delta have definitely shrunk since 1959. (Courtesy of the Delta Flight Museum)

We'd love to see bunk beds (on KLM) make a comeback. We'd love to see bunk beds (on KLM) make a comeback. (Courtesy of KLM)

Flight attendants used to really dote on passengers. Flight attendants used to really dote on passengers. (Courtesy of Iberia)

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Rare Photographs Show the Bedroom in Which Marilyn Monroe Was Found Dead on August 6, 1962

On August 5, 1962, the mysterious death of one of the most popular Hollywood stars, Marilyn Monroe, shook the world.

At approximately 3:00 a.m., Marilyn’s housekeeper, Eunice Murray, noticed Monroe’s bedroom light was on and the door was locked. She immediately called Monroe’s psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, on whose advice she looked in through a window and saw Marilyn lying facedown on her bed, covered by a sheet and clutching a telephone receiver.

After Dr. Greenson arrived, he entered the room by breaking a window and found Marilyn Monroe dead. At 4:25 a.m., the Los Angeles Police Department got called into the scene.

After a brief investigation, the LAPD concluded that Marilyn Monroe’s death was “caused by a self-administered overdose of sedative drugs and that the mode of death is probable suicide.”

Despite the coroner’s verdict, people are still offering numerous conspiracy theories about what really happened to Marilyn Monroe.

The bedroom in which Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a barbituate overdose on August 6, 1962.

The bedroom in which Marilyn Monroe was found dead on August 6, 1962.

Police entering Marilyn Monroe’s bedroom.

Marilyn Monroe’s deathbed.

The lifeless body of Marilyn Monroe.

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Leisure Suit: The Outfit That Defined the 1970s Men's Fashion

A leisure suit is a casual suit consisting of a shirt-like jacket and matching trousers, often associated with American-influenced fashion and fads of the 1970s.

When it comes to the disco-heavy 1970s, one fashion trend jumps to mind — leisure suits. The casual suit became synonymous with the music trend thanks to John Travolta busting a move in Saturday Night Fever.

The fad has its roots in 1930s California, but it really took off when the creation of synthetic material allowed for inexpensive clothing prices. As the suits got more popular, the styles became more outrageous. Solid white and blue suits were sold alongside vibrant colors and patterns.

Leisure suits are still being offered and worn today, although not in the form of bellbottoms and pastel colors which came to be most associated with the term. Also, progress since the 1970s, in technology of synthetic fabrics such as polyester, has resulted in the creation of new textures.

Take a look at these cool pictures to see men in their leisure suits from the 1970s.

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Glamorous Real Photo Postcards of Silent Film Beauties in the Early 20th Century

Heinrich Ross was born on August 10, 1870 in Rokytno, Austria-Hungary (now a part of the Czech-Republic). Around 1905-07, he began work at the Rotophot postcard publishing company in Berlin, Germany as the head of distribution. He started the postcard company that bore his name, Ross Verlag, in 1919.

Real photo postcards of silent film beauties by Heinrich Ross

Established by Heinrich Ross in 1919, the Ross Verlag company published some 40 000 real photo postcard portraits of film stars. Photographs were licenced from some of the major photographic studios in Europe including E. O. Hoppe, Alex Binder, Freida Reiss and Manasse.

Though stars from Hollywood, France and Britain appeared on the cards, Ross deserves most recognition for capturing the actors in German cinema during the height of Weimar cinema, the era just before sound transformed cinema and the years before the Nazis seized power. Jewish, Ross had his company seized and he escaped to England then the U.S.

He died in 1957, aged 87.

Here below is a glamorous collection of real photo postcards published by the Ross Verlag that shows portraits of silent film beauties in the early 20th century.

Agnes Esterhazy (1891-1956) by Atelier Schneider

Asta Nielsen(1881-1972) by Becker & Maass

Brigitte Helm (1906-1996)

Brigitte Helm (1906-1996)

Carola Toelle (1893-1958) by Becker & Maass

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Brian Jones Photographed by Ethan Russell at Cotchford Farm in England, Spring 1969

Ethan Russell was one of the definitive chroniclers of the ’60s music scene. From Jim Morrison to the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, here are some interesting photos of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones taken by Ethan Russell at his home in England in the spring of 1969.

“I found myself driving through the green hills of Sussex to visit Brian Jones in his new house,” Russell said. “With some fanfare, Brian had just bought the country home of A. A. Milne, the creator of Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh. To me it seemed somehow perfect that this blond-haired rock and roller should have inherited the house of Pooh. For Brian, with his blond pageboy haircut, looked like a fully-grown Christopher Robin. This was sacrilegious of course but that’s what he was — we were — doing, wasn’t it? He was a Rolling Stone doing Rolling Stone things!”

40 Fascinating American and International Magazine Covers of Marilyn Monroe From the Late 1940s to the Early 1960s

American and International Magazine covers of Marilyn Monroe/Norma Jeane Baker dating back to the late 1940s.

Marilyn Monroe’s short career as an actress spanned just 15 years. In that time she made 32 films, and left one uncompleted. Her career took off in 1952 when she was cast in her first starring role in Don’t Bother to Knock.

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