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
Steven A. White Steven A. White Steven Angelo White (born September 18, 1928) is a retired four-star admiral who served in the United States Navy from 1948 until 1985. He was the 19th and last Chief of Naval Material. Steven ("Steve") Angelo White was born on September 18, 1928 in Los Angeles, California. The third of four children to Croatian immigrant and retired Los Angeles policeman Steven George White (formerly Stojan Sutalo) (c.1888-1951) and his wife, Helen (née Blanchard), he grew up primarily in Tujunga, California. After early graduation from Verdugo Hills High School in January 1946, White received a scholarship to Occidental