Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images; Larry Busacca/WireImageSusan Sarandonis opening up about her last conversation with exDavid Bowie.Sarandon, 75, and Bowiedatedafter costarring in the 1983 horror movieThe Hunger.Bowie went on to marry supermodelImanin 1992, while Sarandon spent two decades with Tim Robbins, before the couple split in 2009.In an interview published Sunday withYoumagazine, theThelma & Louisestar shared that she reconnected with Bowie in the months before his death. The “Space Oddity” singerdiedin January 2016 at age 69, following an 18-month cancer battle.“I was fortunate enough to be closer to him right before he died, the last couple of months,” she told the outlet. “He did find me again. We talked to each other and said some things that needed to be said.““I was so fortunate to be able to see him when he told me what was going on with him,” Sarandon said.Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesThe actress added that she’s also still in touch with Iman, 66.“I love his wife Iman, someone who was so equal in stature [to him]. That was clearly who he was destined to be with,” Sarandon said. “I was so happy that she was with him through all of that. And I’ve kept in touch with her.“According to the Oscar winner, the last time she saw Bowie was at the premiere of his musicalLazarusin December 2015 — a month before he died. After the show, she traveled to the Greek island of Lesbos to highlight the refugee crisis there, and the rocker gave her a call.“I wasn’t sleeping and I knew that I had to get up early to start meeting the boats as they came in, so I took some Ambien, a pretty strong sleep aid,” she told the outlet. “And I had this dream that David had called me and that we’d had this conversation and as I hung up I thought [in the dream]: ‘Nobody’s going to believe me, that David Bowie called me in Lesbos.'“David Bowie.Randy Brooke/WireImage"Then later, I thought: ‘Did he actually call me?’ And I went to my phone and he had,” Sarandon continued. “I have no recollection of what that conversation was.“Bowie died a week later, and Sarandon said it was “so frustrating” not to know what he had said – but recalled a special sign on the day he died.“There was a double rainbow in New York on the day that David Bowie passed,” she remembered.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.TheStepmomactress first revealed she and Bowie had had a love affair in aninterview withThe Daily Beastin 2014.“He’s worth idolizing. He’s extraordinary. That was a really interesting period,” she said at the time of their previous relationship.

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Susan Sarandon, David Bowie

Susan Sarandonis opening up about her last conversation with exDavid Bowie.Sarandon, 75, and Bowiedatedafter costarring in the 1983 horror movieThe Hunger.Bowie went on to marry supermodelImanin 1992, while Sarandon spent two decades with Tim Robbins, before the couple split in 2009.In an interview published Sunday withYoumagazine, theThelma & Louisestar shared that she reconnected with Bowie in the months before his death. The “Space Oddity” singerdiedin January 2016 at age 69, following an 18-month cancer battle.“I was fortunate enough to be closer to him right before he died, the last couple of months,” she told the outlet. “He did find me again. We talked to each other and said some things that needed to be said.““I was so fortunate to be able to see him when he told me what was going on with him,” Sarandon said.Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesThe actress added that she’s also still in touch with Iman, 66.“I love his wife Iman, someone who was so equal in stature [to him]. That was clearly who he was destined to be with,” Sarandon said. “I was so happy that she was with him through all of that. And I’ve kept in touch with her.“According to the Oscar winner, the last time she saw Bowie was at the premiere of his musicalLazarusin December 2015 — a month before he died. After the show, she traveled to the Greek island of Lesbos to highlight the refugee crisis there, and the rocker gave her a call.“I wasn’t sleeping and I knew that I had to get up early to start meeting the boats as they came in, so I took some Ambien, a pretty strong sleep aid,” she told the outlet. “And I had this dream that David had called me and that we’d had this conversation and as I hung up I thought [in the dream]: ‘Nobody’s going to believe me, that David Bowie called me in Lesbos.'“David Bowie.Randy Brooke/WireImage"Then later, I thought: ‘Did he actually call me?’ And I went to my phone and he had,” Sarandon continued. “I have no recollection of what that conversation was.“Bowie died a week later, and Sarandon said it was “so frustrating” not to know what he had said – but recalled a special sign on the day he died.“There was a double rainbow in New York on the day that David Bowie passed,” she remembered.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.TheStepmomactress first revealed she and Bowie had had a love affair in aninterview withThe Daily Beastin 2014.“He’s worth idolizing. He’s extraordinary. That was a really interesting period,” she said at the time of their previous relationship.

Susan Sarandonis opening up about her last conversation with exDavid Bowie.

Sarandon, 75, and Bowiedatedafter costarring in the 1983 horror movieThe Hunger.Bowie went on to marry supermodelImanin 1992, while Sarandon spent two decades with Tim Robbins, before the couple split in 2009.

In an interview published Sunday withYoumagazine, theThelma & Louisestar shared that she reconnected with Bowie in the months before his death. The “Space Oddity” singerdiedin January 2016 at age 69, following an 18-month cancer battle.

“I was fortunate enough to be closer to him right before he died, the last couple of months,” she told the outlet. “He did find me again. We talked to each other and said some things that needed to be said.”

“I was so fortunate to be able to see him when he told me what was going on with him,” Sarandon said.

Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

Susan Sarandon, David Bowie

The actress added that she’s also still in touch with Iman, 66.

“I love his wife Iman, someone who was so equal in stature [to him]. That was clearly who he was destined to be with,” Sarandon said. “I was so happy that she was with him through all of that. And I’ve kept in touch with her.”

According to the Oscar winner, the last time she saw Bowie was at the premiere of his musicalLazarusin December 2015 — a month before he died. After the show, she traveled to the Greek island of Lesbos to highlight the refugee crisis there, and the rocker gave her a call.

“I wasn’t sleeping and I knew that I had to get up early to start meeting the boats as they came in, so I took some Ambien, a pretty strong sleep aid,” she told the outlet. “And I had this dream that David had called me and that we’d had this conversation and as I hung up I thought [in the dream]: ‘Nobody’s going to believe me, that David Bowie called me in Lesbos.'”

David Bowie.Randy Brooke/WireImage

David Bowie

“Then later, I thought: ‘Did he actually call me?’ And I went to my phone and he had,” Sarandon continued. “I have no recollection of what that conversation was.”

Bowie died a week later, and Sarandon said it was “so frustrating” not to know what he had said – but recalled a special sign on the day he died.

“There was a double rainbow in New York on the day that David Bowie passed,” she remembered.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

TheStepmomactress first revealed she and Bowie had had a love affair in aninterview withThe Daily Beastin 2014.

“He’s worth idolizing. He’s extraordinary. That was a really interesting period,” she said at the time of their previous relationship.

source: people.com