United Kingdom, Jan. 10 -- Iman has honoured her late husband David Bowie with a new tattoo.

The legendary singer died following an 18-month private battle with liver cancer on January 10, 2016, aged 69, and Iman marked the 10th anniversary of his passing by getting the five minimalist rune-like black shapes from the bottom of his final album, Blackstar, inked on her forearm.

The 70-year-old model took to Instagram on Saturday (10.01.26) and posted a video of the moment she got the tattoo - of which the shapes abstractly spell out "BOWIE" - and captioned the upload with: "Jan 10th. The pain didn't vanish.. it left in its place a loving permanent mark. (sic)"

Iman - who had daughter Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones, 25, with David, and is ...