In the 1970s, he and the transgressive Dolls were proto-punk pioneers. He later refashioned himself as the pompadoured lounge lizard Buster Poindexter. The singer David Johansen in 2004.

NEW YORK — David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego ...

David Johansen, the singer from seminal punk band the New York Dolls, has died at the age of 75. Formed in the early 1970s, the New York Dolls redefined rock and roll, providing the blueprint for ...

New York Dolls singer David Johansen has died after silently battling Stage 4 cancer for several years, Fox News Digital confirmed. Johansen's wife, Mara Hennessey, told Fox News Digital he died ...

(Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP) The New York Dolls are photographed in New York, July 25, 2006. From left are David Johansen, Sami Yaffa, Steve Conte, Sylvain Sylvain, Brian Delaney, rear, ...

David Johansen, who died February 28 at 75, helped record the soundtrack to glam-punk rock as lead singer of the groundbreaking New York Dolls. Songs like “Personality Crisis” and “Trash ...

Legendary New York Dolls rocker David Johansen has died at age 75. His stepdaughter Leah Hennessey confirmed the sad news, saying the punk icon had passed away Friday at his home on Staten Island.

David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of the flamboyantly gritty proto-punk band New York Dolls has died. He was 75. Johnasen died at his home in Staten Island, N.Y., as confirmed ...

His band, The New York Dolls, were forerunners of punk and were once described by Rolling Stone as "more than musicians; they were a phenomenon". David Johansen, the wiry, gravel-voiced singer and ...

Johansen died on Friday surrounded by family. David Johansen, the versatile, multitalented lead singer and last surviving original member of the seminal proto-glam-punk band New York Dolls who ...

28 at the age of 75 — was one of those folksingers associated with the neighborhood, but because his first major band, the New York Dolls, made its name and proudly trashy reputation at the ...