New York Dolls singer David Johansen reveals secret Stage 4 cancer, brain tumor battle
Instagram story on Monday.Johansen, 75, is the sole surviving founding member of the ’70s punk band. “As some, but not many of you know, David has been in intensive treatment for stage 4 cancer for most of the past decade,” Hennessey’s message began.
She revealed that “five years ago at the beginning of the pandemic,” they discovered his cancer had progressed and “he had a brain tumor.”Johansen’s daughter said, “There have been complications ever since,” adding that her father has “never made his diagnosis public.”Hennessey shared that she and her mom have decided to reveal his health condition “due to the increasingly severe financial burden our family is facing,” revealing they are launching a fund-raiser to help offset his medical bills.Johansen had a setback months ago after taking a nasty spill down the stairs, his daughter shared.“To make matters worse, the day after Thanksgiving David fell down the stairs and broke his back in two places,” she wrote.
While he underwent surgery, “David has been bedridden and incapacitated.”“Due to the trauma, David’s illness has progressed exponentially and my mother is caring for him around the clock,” Hennessey explained.In a statement to Rolling Stone, Johansen said, “We’ve been living with my illness for a long time, still having fun, seeing friends and family, carrying on, but this tumble the day after Thanksgiving really brought us to a whole new level of debilitation.
This is the worst pain I’ve ever experienced in my entire life. I’ve never been one to ask for help, but this is an emergency.
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