David JohansenFront man of the New York Dolls And the last founding member of this groundbreaking punk band died at the age of 75.
The death of the singer, who also as a “buster poindexter” and as an actor in films like Scrooged and Let it ride performed on Saturday was confirmed by a spokesman in Johansen. In an explanation towards Rolling Stone Said: “David Johansen died at home in New York City on Friday afternoon. Hand in hand with his wife Mara Hennessey and his daughter Leah. Surrounded by music, flowers and love. He was 75 years old and died after almost a decade illness of a natural death. “
Fall in November
Johansen’s death occurred less than a month after he had announced that he of cancer in the fourth stage and a brain tumor Litt. And after a fall in November, in which he had broken his back in two places, he was bedridden and incapable of acting. Johansen’s family set up a fund. This is intended to collect money for his round-the-clock care.
The Johansen, born in New York City, was primarily known for his work in the pioneering punk band The New York Dolls. He took two influential glam-punk albums with the band in the first half of the 1970s during the band’s first phase in the first half of the 1970s. 1973 New York Dolls and 1974 Too much too Soon. Johansen wrote most of the albums together with guitarist Johnny Thunder, who died in 1991.
After the band was dissolved in 1975, Johansen started a solo career. It included albums under his own name and in the eighties LPs of his swing age Egos Buster Poindexter. Including an interpretation of the Calypso song “Hot Hot Hot”, which became a surprising hit in the Hot 100 for Johansen.
Attention of Hollywood
Johansen’s survival -sized stage personality soon attracted Hollywood’s attention. According to his acting debut in an episode of Miami Vice In 1985 Johansen was the spirit of the past Christmas in Bill Murray comedy Scrooged occupied. Then as a priest in Married to the MOBboth in 1988. Rollers followed in films like Let it ride (1989), in which he played Richard Dreyfuss’ buddy in the horse’s comedy. Finally Freejack,, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie and Mr. Nanny.
In 2004 Johansen met again with the surviving members of the New York Dolls. The reunited band toured the whole world. Three more albums were recorded before the band tacitly dissolved in 2011. After the death of the bass player Arthur Kane in 2004 and the guitarist Sylvain Sylvain in 2021, Johansen was the last surviving member of the original band.
In 2020, the directors Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi Johansen’s show filmed the New York Café Carlyle. This formed the backbone of her documentary “Personality Crisis: One Night Only” from 2022, which traces the history of Johansen’s life and career.