His daughter Leah Hennessey confirmed the news, detailing that the artist died Friday at his residence, located in New York City.
The musician David Johansenleader of the punk band New York Dolls, died Last Friday at his residence, after a long battle against cancer. Your daughter Leah Hennessey He confirmed the news, detailing that the artist died at his home located in New York City.
Hennessey announced his father’s diagnosis last month after Johansen’s medical care left the family with a “Financial load increasingly severe” As a result of having been in “Intensive treatment” during most of the last decade.
“Five years ago, at the beginning of the pandemic, We discovered that David’s cancer had advanced and had a brain tumor. Since then there have been complications. He has never made his diagnosis public, since he and my mother Mara are very reserved people, but we are forced to share this now, due to the increasingly serious financial burden that our family faces, “he wrote.
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Johansen, a pioneer pioneer pioneer
Johansen and his pioneering in punk music were explored in Personality Crisis: One Night Onlydirected by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, following the singer and composer through the lens of the influential band New York Dollswidely recognized as one of the first in the genre.
Johansen started his career in music during the 60s, with the band Vagabond Misionios. In 1971, he formed New York Dollsnext to the guitarists Johnny Thunders and Rick Rivetts (who was replaced by Sylvain Sylvain After a few months), the bassist Arthur Kane and Colombian drummer William Murcia, known as Billy Murcia.
His style was characterized by a combination of Hard Rock and Glaminfluencing the punk genre for bands that arrived later, such as The Ramones. In 1976 the group separated, and it was not until 2004 that they met, where they would end up throwing three albums.
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