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

My wife, Carola Dibbell, reviewed it for The Village Voice, providing a firsthand historical account of how Johansen presented ... ambitious 2005 album, he sure did come up with a prophetic ...

By Rob Tannenbaum It’s a paradox that Staten Island, New York City’s most conservative borough, produced David Johansen ... Dolls came up short of new songs for their second album, they ...

Legendary New York Dolls rocker David Johansen ... titled debut album was released in 1973. The controversial record cover featured the five male band members clad in wigs, make-up and high ...

A master of many musical genres, he also recorded as Buster Poindexter and appeared as an actor in ‘Scrooged,’ ‘Let It Ride’ and ‘Oz.’ ...

NEW YORK (AP) — David Johansen ... wrote in “Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen.” The band never found commercial success and was torn by internal strife and drug addictions, breaking up after ...

David Johansen ... Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen.” The band never found commercial success and was torn by internal strife and drug addictions, breaking up after two albums by the middle ...

David Johansen ... Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen." The band never found commercial success and was torn by internal strife and drug addictions, breaking up after two albums by the middle of ...

Seated: singer David Johansen. After releasing a second album, 1974’s “Too Much Too Soon,” the New York Dolls broke up in 1976 ... with the “Saturday Night Live” band and had a hit ...

David Johansen ... self-titled album featured songs written or co-written by Johansen. (The lone exception was a slipshod take on Bo Diddley's "Pills.") New York Dolls ended up a proto-punk ...