The New York Dolls singer David Johansen has been battling stage 4 cancer for several years, according to his wife Mara. but keeping his diagnosis private has not been "sustainable" for his family.

David Johansen, the frontman of the New York Dolls, is "bedridden and incapacitated," after a recent fall in which he broke his back and is asking for the public's help to pay his medical bills. He also shared he's been battling Stage 4 cancer.

David Johansen, an actor and popular singer with the New York Dolls, is “bedridden and incapacitated,” according to his daughter.