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    1. himdeel Says:
    2. I heard that the reason David Bowie has two different colored
      eyes is because he was stabbed in the eye with a bowie knife. The same
      rumor says that this is also why he goes by David Bowie. Is this true?

       
    3. Yamisukoru Says:
    4. A couple of websites that repeat this tidbit:

      http://www.teenagewildlife.com/info/faq/14.html

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie

      http://www.askmen.com/men/entertainm...vid_bowie.html

      It's a pretty widespread "factoid" apparently, but I guess you'd have to go straight to the source to truly verify it.
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    5. The way I heard it is that he was punched in the eye.

       
    6. Yamisukoru Says:
    7. Yep, that's what the websites I linked to say as well. The knifing is a new twist on the story as far as I know.

       
    8. Kamino Neko Says:
    9. Actually, none of them make the claim that's in the OP. What they (and all other sources I know of) say is that Bowie was punched in the eye during a fight. The first two include the detail that the friend he was fighting with was wearing a ring, which is presumably what did the damage that screwed up his eye.

       
    10. Yamisukoru Says:
    11. Yep, and I corrected my mistake (which I intended to post originally about the difference but then somehow forgot) directly above your post.

       
    12. Tarquin Says:
    13. I'm not sure why he's called Bowie in particular, but didn't he change it from Jones to avoid being mistaken for a Monkee?

       
    14. Maccloyd Says:
    15. Yep, sure did. Real name, David Robert Jones. Davey Jones of Monkees fame, was already well-known (having been a child actor) when Bowie was starting out so he picked a stage name to avoid confusion.

       
    16. Floater Says:
    17. David Robert Heyward-Jones to be precise.

       
    18. Syllavus Says:
    19. I saw an interview with Bowie himself where he addressed this. His eyes are actually blue but the one with the permanently dilated pupil looks darker and almost hazel simply because the iris is compacted so much. His did get punched in that eye which is what caused it to be damaged.

       

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