Donors to the Sweet Relief fund also include Sony Music’s Rob Stringer, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and the George Lopez Foundation.

The singer from the iconic punk band the New York Dolls has been privately battling illness for a decade — now his family is raising funds for his medical care

New York Dolls singer David Johansen has been living with cancer for nearly a decade, but a recent fall has made his medical care more difficult.

The last surviving member of the New York Dolls is also battling a brain tumor and requires around-the-clock care - the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is raising money for his expenses

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

David Johansen, the former frontman of seminal punk band New York Dolls and subject of a 2023 Martin Scorsese-directed documentary, has been revealed to have Stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor, his daughter wrote in an online crowdfunding campaign the family has launched as the musician’s health care has placed an “increasingly severe financial

His family is asking for donations to help pay for full-time nursing, physical therapy, and funding for day-to-day living expenses.

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.