 Later in his life , Stockhausen was portrayed by at least one journalist , John O 'Mahony of the Guardian newspaper , as an eccentric , for example being alleged to live an effectively polygamous lifestyle with two women , to whom O 'Mahoney referred as his " wives " , while at the same time stating he was not married to either of them ( O 'Mahoney 2001 ) . In the same article , O 'Mahony claims Stockhausen said he was born on a planet orbiting the star Sirius . In the German newspaper Die Zeit , Stockhausen stated that he was educated at Sirius ( see Controversy below ) . 
