David Bowie’s daughter's sad response to death with 'psychopath' years (2025)

Music legend David Bowie died aged 69 following a pancreatic and liver cancer diagnosis, as his daughter Lexi Jones has revealed the heartbreaking impact of his death

David Bowie's daughter Lexi Jones has revealed her music icon dad's tragic death left her with "psychopath" years as she gears up to launch her own career. However, she has already hit out at any comparisons as she is "not here to chase what’s already been done".

The music legend sadly died back in January 2016 after a private battle with pancreatic and liver cancer aged 69. He left behind his wife, supermodel Iman, daughter Lexi, who was just 15 at the time, and his older son Duncan Jones, from his previous marriage to Angie Bowie.

Lexi is now determined to forge her own path in the music industry as she released her debut album, Xandri, this week. The 24-year-old wrote a poem to mark the release as she reflected on being the daughter of such a pioneer of music that has shaped the industry today.

"I’m the daughter of a legend, but I’m more than just his name," she shared. "They see the blood, they hear the sound, yet fail to see me, don’t feel the same.”

Lexi added: “They compare me to his heights, like I’m supposed to reach his light. But I’m not here to chase what’s already been done. By loving what I do, I feel I’ve already won.”

She explained she is “not a copy, not a shadow”, and insisted: “I’m not trying to fill his shoes. I’m just trying to find my own peace.” Lexi's words seemed to resonate with fellow celebrities that had been trying to emerge from their parents’ shadows including Liv Tyler, the daughter of Aerosmith ’s Steven Tyler, and Violet Grohl, the daughter of Foo Fighters’ David Grohl - who both liked the post.

On the eighth anniversary of David's death, Lexi emotionally opened up on the impact of the huge loss. As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, Lexi admitted that things were far from easy.

She wrote: “Situating myself in situations that contributed to the already crumbling foundation of my family eventually led to lonely isolation, unexpected fatalities of loved ones and even ones I’ve nearly had myself.

“I confused living life with surviving life’s days by ­filling my body’s bottomless void, drowning myself in toxins and poison.” She admitted she had “hurt the ones I love the most with hateful words to make them feel at least a bit of the pain I went through every day”.

She even confessed to having “labelled myself as a psychopath” in a bid to avoid having to face introspection. Thankfully, Lexi was able to work through her grief and has become a stronger person.

“I learned to ­forgive myself for all I have done, never dwelling on my past, for it is something I can never change,” she said. “Though learning to find contentment in accepting what is out of my control, I just remind myself of that little girl I used to be.”

One way of finding herself again came in the form of art, which Lexi has been using as a “coping mechanism” to get through difficult patches in her life.

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