New York Dolls frontman David Johansen portrayed the Ghost of Christmas Past in the 1988 Bill Murray Christmas classic ...

“I’m doing a film now at Paramount with Bill Murray called Scrooged,” he told Carson ... During his recovery, he came across an ad for a free bible from the Church of Jesus Christ ...

David Johansen has died at the age of 75 after being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, PEOPLE can confirm. Johansen was known ...

He also appeared in such movies as “Candy Mountain,” “Let It Ride,” “Married to the Mob” and had a memorable turn as the Ghost of Christmas Past in Bill Murray-led hit “Scrooged.” ...

He is also well-known for portraying the Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooged (1988) and for working under the pen name Buster Poindexter. “We’ve been living with my illness for a long time ...

A master of many musical genres, he also recorded as Buster Poindexter and appeared as an actor in ‘Scrooged,’ ‘Let It Ride’ and ‘Oz.’ By Mike Barnes Senior Editor David Johansen ...

David Johansen, the gravelly-voiced showman who helped ignite the punk rock movement as the vocalist of the New York Dolls before he recorded “Hot Hot Hot” as the lounge lizard Buster ...

New York Dolls lead singer David Johansen has died at age 75. A representative confirmed the musician’s death in a statement to Rolling Stone, saying, “David Johansen died at home in NYC on ...

As an actor, Johansen has numerous credits under his name, including a role as the Ghost of Christmas Past in the 1988 Bill Murray-led dark comedy Scrooged. His family's fundraiser revealed ...

He had been dealing with cancer for a decade, she wrote in an online appeal for donations ... notably appearing with Bill Murray in "Scrooged" (1988) as the Ghost of Christmas Past.