The Thin White Duke alleged to be a Nazi salute. Bowie denied this, saying that he was simply waving and the photographer captured his image mid-wave. As early as 1976, Bowie began disavowing his allegedly pro-Fascist comments and said that he was misunderstood. In an interview that year in the "Daily Express", he explained that while performing in his various characters, "I'm Pierrot. I'm Everyman. What I'm doing is theatre, and only theatre... What you see on stage isn't sinister. It's pure clown. I'm using myself as a canvas and trying to paint the truth of our time on it. The white face, the
Howard A. White Pepperdine University in 1958. He published literature about the Reconstruction era. White served as the president of Pepperdine University from 1978 to 1985. During the course of his presidency, "Pepperdine's financial resources more than doubled during White's presidency, from $90 million to more than $208 million." He was succeeded by David Davenport. With his wife, White had two sons. He died in 1991 in Los Angeles, at 77. Howard A. White Howard A. White (c. 1914 - 1991) was an American historian and academic administrator. He served as the president of Pepperdine University from 1978 to 1985. White was born