David Johansen - the sole surviving founding member of the New York Dolls and a solo artist who also performs as the lounge singer Buster Poindexter - is suffering from stage four cancer, a brain tumor and a broken back,

David Johansen, the former frontman of seminal punk band New York Dolls and subject of a 2023 Martin Scorsese-directed documentary, has been revealed to have Stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor, his daughter wrote in an online crowdfunding campaign the family has launched as the musician’s health care has placed an “increasingly severe financial