David Johansen, greatest recognized 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 picture 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 – and so they’re serving to us take care of an more and more unmanageable state of affairs.”
On the following slide, Leah shared that David has been in “intensive remedy for stage 4 most cancers for many of the previous decade.” Nevertheless, in 2020, David’s most cancers progressed and he developed a mind tumor.
Leah shared that he has at all times been a personal particular person, so he by no means shared his analysis publicly, however they shared it as a consequence of their present monetary state of affairs. They want cash for a nurse and bodily remedy, together with each day bills. David has been having problems ever since his analysis 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 a complete new stage 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,” he stated.
Apart from being a singer, Johansen is thought 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.