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EdgarsChainsaw t1_j9w1els wrote

No matter how young Bowie is in pictures I can never seem to see one where his eye isn't dilated from the injury. It must have happened when he was really young.

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Pancakecoffee t1_j9zrupj wrote

The injury to his eye happened when he was 15. He got punched in the eye fighting over a girl and his eye got scratched and stayed dilated permanently.

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EdgarsChainsaw t1_j9ztwck wrote

It's funny, because that "bad" moment added so much to his mystique and alien persona that it very well could have been a sort of tilting point that ended up making him a superstar.

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