David Johansen, greatest identified for being the lead singer within the seminal punk band, The New York Dolls, has been identified with Stage 4 most cancers. His daughter, Leah, introduced the information by way of her Instagram Story on February 10.
“Immediately we’re launching a fundraiser for my dad @davidjohansen.official,” she wrote, alongside a throwback photograph of the 2 of them.
“We’re working with this wonderful group @sweetreliefmusiciansfund who elevate cash for musicians in disaster – they’ve been doing a lot for victims of the fires – they usually’re serving to us cope with an more and more unmanageable scenario.”
On the subsequent slide, Leah shared that David has been in “intensive therapy for stage 4 most cancers for a lot of the previous decade.” Nonetheless, in 2020, David’s most cancers progressed and he developed a mind tumor.
Leah shared that he has at all times been a personal individual, so he by no means shared his prognosis publicly, however they shared it on account of their present monetary scenario. They want cash for a nurse and bodily remedy, together with day by day bills. David has been having problems ever since his prognosis and fell down the steps on Thanksgiving 2024, inflicting him to interrupt his again in two locations.
The musician’s daughter begged her followers to donate to the household’s fundraiser.
In an announcement to Rolling Stone, David, who additionally carried out as Buster Poindexter, stated that regardless of dwelling along with his sickness for a very long time, he’s nonetheless having enjoyable, seeing family and friends, and “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 total life. I’ve by no means been one to ask for assist, however that is an emergency. Thanks,” he stated.
Apart from being a singer, Johansen is understood for his roles within the film Scrooged, and TV reveals together with Miami Vice and Oz, in addition to a voice position in Centaurworld. In 2023 Showtime debuted a docunentary of him entitled Character Disaster: One Night time Solely.
