This sucks. David Johansen, the 75-year-old frontman of the New York Dolls, sadly handed away yesterday (February 28) at residence in Staten Island, New York.
On March 1, a consultant from the Johansen camp launched this assertion:
“David Johansen died at residence in New York Metropolis on Friday afternoon holding fingers along with his spouse Mara Hennessey and daughter Leah, surrounded by music, flowers, and love. He was 75 years outdated and died of pure causes after practically a decade of sickness.”
It was simply final month when Johansen shared the information of him residing with stage 4 most cancers and a mind tumor, although he was recognized again in 2020. Selecting to remain non-public on the matter (and who may blame him?), Johansen silently handled the sickness over time. Again in November of final yr, a fall prompted him to get surgical procedure after breaking his again in two locations. The surgical procedure was profitable however nonetheless left him debilitated.
There was a fundraising effort made by the Candy Reduction Musicians Fund to assist with the medical payments, the place he stated the next about his situation on the time:
“We’ve been residing with my sickness for a very long time, nonetheless having enjoyable, seeing family and friends, carrying on, however this tumble the day after Thanksgiving actually introduced us to an entire new degree of debilitation. That is the worst ache I’ve ever skilled in my whole life. I’ve by no means been one to ask for assist, however that is an emergency. Thanks.”
Johansen’s daughter stated this of her father as his situation was worsening:
“He’s very, very sick, however he’s studying all of the messages, and he’s getting in contact with folks he hasn’t talked to in a few years. The connection might be one of the best factor for him proper now — as it’s for all of us.”He’s completely with us — mentally, emotionally, [but] he’s bodily incapacitated.”
Johansen was the frontman of actually probably the greatest punk bands of all time. The legend had his toes dipped in fairly just a few completely different swimming pools, like his numerous different music tasks like David Johansen Band, The Harry Smiths, and Buster Poindexter, to his performing profession. Many know him from the Christmas film Scrooged and Let It Trip, working alongside Invoice Murray and Richard Dreyfuss respectively. He additionally had a weekly SiriusXM radio present The Mansion of Enjoyable. Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi just lately made the documentary Character Disaster: One Evening Solely, the place they celebrated Johansen’s knack for narratives and songwriting