David Johansen was born on January 9, 1950, on Staten Island, New York. He founded the New York Dolls with guitarists Sylvain Sylvain and Johnny Thunders, bassist Arthur Kane and drummer Jerry ...

David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of proto-punk band New York Dolls, who went on to act in films such as "Scrooged," has died.

David Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band the New York Dolls, dies at 75 In the ’80s, Johansen assumed the persona of Buster Poindexter, a pompadour-styled lounge lizard who had a hit ...

The New York Dolls, formed in 1971 and fronted by Johansen, were the forerunners of punk – thus, considered proto-punk pioneers – and glam rock as well, showing the way for bands such as Queen ...

FILE – Rock group “The New York Dolls” perform at the Waldorf Halloween Ball, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, NYC, Oct. 31, 1973. At right is lead singer David Johansen, with guitarist Sylvain Sylvain.

David Johansen, the singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as Buster Poindexter, has died. He was 75.

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, who fronted the legendary 1970s proto-punk band New York Dolls and who also recorded under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, died on Friday, February 28, his representative, Carla ...

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 chameleonic and charismatic vocalist who fronted the New York Dolls and found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday, his publicist confirmed to NPR.