His family is holding a fundraiser to help pay for a nurse, physical therapy, and "day-to-day vital living expenses."

“David has been in intensive treatment for Stage 4 cancer for most of the past decade,” she wrote. “Five years ago at the beginning of the pandemic we discovered that David’s cancer had progressed and he had a brain tumor. There have been complications ever since.”

David Johansen, lead singer of the seminal punk band New York Dolls, is battling stage 4 cancer and a tumor, and his family is asking fans for financial help to pay for his treatments. Johansen’s daughter,