New York Dolls’ David Johansen thanks fans for fundraiser support following cancer diagnosis

New York Dolls frontman David Johansen has thanked fans for their fundraising support after he revealed his stage 4 cancer diagnosis.On Monday (February 10), the punk icon’s daughter Leah Hennessey launched the appeal to help pay for his treatment and care, disclosing that her father had been receiving cancer treatment for “most of the last decade”.The page, hosted by the Sweet Relief Musicians’ Fund, indicates that Johansen was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2020, and explains that his condition was further complicated in November when he fell down the stairs and broke his back in two places.

Visit the fundraiser here.Now, the musician and his wife Mara have posted a video updating fans on his condition and thanking them for their generosity in contributing to the fundraiser.Lying in a hospital bed, Johansen says in the video: “Hello everybody.

I just wanted to thank you all for giving us a big boost here with our fundraising campaign, I guess you would call it.“I’ve never asked for help in my life and lately Mara’s been teaching me the beauty of, when your chips are down, asking for help,” he continues. “That’s what I’m doing, and it seems to be working out really marvellously.”Hennessey’s description on the fundraiser reads: “He’s never made his diagnosis public, as he and my mother Mara are generally very private people, but we feel compelled to share this now, due to the increasingly severe financial burden our family is facing.”“As hilarious and wise as David continues to be, he is physically debilitated and his care exceeds what we are capable of providing without specialized professional help.”In a statement shared by Brooklyn Vegan earlier this week, Johansen said: “We’ve been living with my illness for a long.