Music Appreciation

"She was also the inspiration for the song "The Jean Genie" by glam rock musician David Bowie".
It was not for David Johansen or Iggy. It was for her!

"English musician David Bowie and his wife, Angela Bowie, became infatuated with Foxie when they arrived in New York to start their first American tour. While working under Tony Defries as a publicist for MainMan, Foxe appeared in the music video for Bowie's 1972 single, "The Jean Genie". Bowie wanted the video to depict "Ziggy as a kind of Hollywood street-rat" with a "consort of the Marilyn brand". This led to Foxe's casting, and she flew from New York to San Francisco especially for the shoot. Bowie said of the song "I wrote it for her amusement in her apartment. Sexy girl." Foxe records in her memoir that Bowie said to her "I want to write you a song. What do you want?", to which Foxe replied "something like the Yardbirds".

She was married to David Johanson (New York Dolls) then Steven Tyler (Aerosmith).

She died of a brain tumor in 2002. Bowie and Steven gave some of their memorabilia to the fund to help her when she was dying and was completely broke with no health insurance (some things never change) or a place to live until she finally died.
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"She had an affair with musician David Bowie in the early 1970s. Foxe in later years maintained a fondness for Bowie, referring to him as a "great lover" and stating that she "really cherish[ed her] time" with him."

"Foxe was involved with guitarist James Williamson of The Stooges while living in Hollywood."

"Foxe met David Johansen, lead singer of the New York Dolls, in the back room at Max's Kansas City in New York. They began dating, they married in 1977."

"After less than a year of marriage to Johansen, she began dating Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. In 1978, Foxe and Tyler married and had a daughter, Mia. The couple divorced in 1987."

"When Foxe became ill in later years, Tyler agreed to pay for a room for her at the Gramercy Park Hotel where she married musician Keith Waa on August 28, 2002."