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Details of David Bowie's net worth, will and final resting place following his funeral have emerged online, with the icon's ashes scattered in Bali following his funeral.
Documents show that David Bowie amassed a fortune of $100million during his prolific, five decade career - leaving a will instructing for his wealth to be shared among his wife Iman Abdulmajid Jones, his two children Duncan Jones and Alexandria Jones, his longtime personal assistant Corinne Schwab, and his family’s former nanny Marion Skene.
Estimates have recently put David Bowie net worth between £135million and £600million. Much of his fortune was made from live tours which generated millions of dollars each, as well as him writing over 700 songs and selling over 140million records.
Supermodel Iman, who married Bowie in 1992 and mothered their child Alexandria, will inherit half of the fortune and their New York apartment, while his children get 25% of his estate, Schwab receives $2 million and stock in a company called Opossum Inc, while Skene is to receive $1 million.
Duncan Jones is an acclaimed film director, while Schwab first started working with Bowie in 1973 - and is credited with 'saving his life' as she stuck by him through his hedonistic mid to late 1970s period through until he passed away.
Bowie released his amazing fina album Blackstar on his 69th birthday, just days before his death. Now, there are reports that Bowie planned and lined up a string of posthumous releases before he died - with the first due to drop next year.
David Bowie's net worth was added to when he sold his family home seven years ago for more than £7million, stating the intrusions from paparazzi waiting outside had become too much. This added to the fortune he had made from property that he sold during the nineties worth several million dollars each, including houses in the Carribean, Switzerland and Los Angeles.
He had taken to renting multi-million dollar properties across the world, including a $5million loft in SoHo close by to his company offices.
His family have spoken out to thank fans for their love and support and added that they'd be saying goodbye with a private and intimate funeral, now the New York Times reports that Bowie requested for to be cremated in Bali "in accordance with the Buddhist rituals” - withThe Guardian adding that his loved ones scattered his ashes shortly after his funeral.
