David Johansen, the lead singer and last surviving original member of the band New York Dolls, has died at 75.

David Johansen, who segued from being the New York Dolls frontman to his Buster Poindexter alter ego and back again, has died ...

David Johansen, frontman for the New York Dolls and the last surviving original member of that pioneering punk band, has died at the age of 75.

The first album yielded the hit single "Hot Hot Hot," a cover of a Caribbean dance song ... He also played the Ghost of Christmas Past in "Scrooged," which starred Bill Murray.

The death of the singer who also moonlighted as his swing music alter ego Buster Poindexter and, as an actor, appeared in films like Scrooged and ... “Looking For a Kiss,” “Jet Boy ...

With his band The Banshees of Blue, he scored a modest Billboard Hot 100 hit with his 1987 jive-infused cover of the dance song "Hot ... in the 1988 hit comedy "Scrooged." In 2023, Johansen's ...