Marc Bolan was 'the perfect pop star Editor Katie Watkin's 4-9-20 On 16th Sept 1977, 29-year-old former T. Rex singer Marc Bolan was killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes, London The couple were on the way to Bolan’s home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. Marc had become a huge star in the UK, and at some time in the early to mid-’70s, he was probably the ‘biggest’ pop star we had at the time. So what made Bolan so perfect, Marc Bolan was pure glamour sporting glitter under his eyes, the foundation he laid for other artist to follow and the ground-zero moment for glam rock. “Marc Bolan was magical, but also sexually heightened and androgynous, with this glitter and makeup . Bolan's appearance made him an instant pin-up. His striking features, framed by that corkscrew hair, were augmented by thick eyeliner and lashings of glitter, his diminutive 5ft 2in stature exaggerate