Hennessey shared Johansen’s health struggle, explaining, “David has been in intensive treatment for stage 4 cancer for most of the past decade.” Although she did not offer specifics about ...

For the past five years, New York Dolls frontman David Johansen has been privately battling significant health setbacks. He has been diagnosed with stage four cancer and a brain tumor, and is ...

A master of many musical genres, he also recorded as Buster Poindexter and appeared as an actor in ‘Scrooged,’ ‘Let It Ride’ and ‘Oz.’ ...

David Johansen, frontman of influential punk band ... weeks after revealing his stage 4 cancer diagnosis. Hennessey announced her father’s diagnosis last month after Johansen’s healthcare ...

David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer ... It was revealed in early 2025 that he had stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor. The New York Dolls were forerunners of punk and the band's style ...

Legendary New York Dolls rocker David Johansen has died at age 75 ... just last month that he was suffering from stage four cancer, a brain tumor and a broken back. Johansen began singing with ...

NEW YORK (AP) — David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving ... It was revealed in early 2025 that he had stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor. The New York Dolls were forerunners ...

Quite sadly, David Johansen of The New York Dolls announced today that he has stage four cancer- a brain tumor. He added that he has actually had the disease for almost a decade. To make things worse, ...

David Johansen, an actor and popular singer with ... David has been in intensive treatment for stage 4 cancer for most of the past decade,” Hennessey wrote. “Five years ago at the beginning ...

New York Dolls lead singer David Johansen -- who also performed under the name of Buster Poindexter -- has died at the age of 75.

New York Dolls lead singer David Johansen has died after battling stage four cancer, a brain tumor and a broken back. The Stranded in the Jungle singer passed away at his home in New York on ...