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David Byrne Engaged to Longtime Partner Mala Gaonkar

8/20/2025

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David Byrne, 73, is engaged to girlfriend Mala Gaonkar, 55, after nearly ten years of dating.
They met in 2016 at the Stanford Arts Institute.
Byrne announced the engagement during an interview about his album, *Who Is The Sky?*.
Gaonkar is a financier and Harvard graduate, founding SurgoCap Partners in 2022.
Byrne ruled out a Talking Heads reunion, calling it a "fool's errand."

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Story summary

David Byrne, 73, is engaged to girlfriend Mala Gaonkar, 55, after nearly ten years of dating.
They met in 2016 at the Stanford Arts Institute.
Byrne announced the engagement during an interview about his album, *Who Is The Sky?*.
Gaonkar is a financier and Harvard graduate, founding SurgoCap Partners in 2022.
Byrne ruled out a Talking Heads reunion, calling it a "fool's errand."