The New York Dolls singer David Johansen has been battling stage 4 cancer for several years, according to his wife Mara. but keeping his diagnosis private has not been "sustainable" for his family.

"It seems to be working out really marvelously," New York Dolls singer says of recently launched fundraising efforts

David Johansen, an actor and popular singer with the New York Dolls, is “bedridden and incapacitated,” according to his daughter.

The family of New York Dolls singer David Johansen has revealed the glam punk rock pioneer has stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor among other major health issues. Johansen’s daughter, Leah Hennessey, revealed in a post to her now-expired Instagram Stories that her father has been undergoing “intensive treatment for stage 4 cancer for

New York Dolls’ co-founder David Johansen has been in intensive treatment for stage 4 cancer for “most of the past decade.” His daughter, Leah Hennessey, disclosed the news this week in the description of a Sweet Relief fund set up by the frontman’s family.

The New York Dolls' frontman has thanked fans on camera following the launch of a fundraiser to help with his medical costs