Magazine at the Gramercy Terrace at The Gramercy Park Hotel on February 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) After the first demise of the Dolls, Johansen started his own ...

David Johansen of New York Dolls performs on stage at The Forum in north London. Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images, FILE "Due to the trauma, David’s illness has progressed exponentially and my ...

David Johansen, frontman of influential punk band the New ... York Dolls band, widely acknowledged as one of the first in the genre. David Johansen circa 1980 Photo by Randy Bachman/Getty Images ...

The New York Dolls in 1972, including Jerry Nolan, standing left, Johnny Thunders, Killer Kane and Sylvain Sylvain. Seated: singer David Johansen. Getty Images After releasing a second album ...

After the demise of the Dolls, he released five solo albums between 1978 and 1984.Credit...Michael Putland/Getty Images After graduation, Mr. Johansen fell in with the New York City hipster scenes ...