David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of proto-punk band New York Dolls, who went on to act in films such as "Scrooged," has died.

New York Dolls singer David Johansen died on ... the rest of them like drag queens and hookers. The Dolls’ first album would inspire so many bands in the years that followed, from the Ramones ...

Their first album, titled “New York Dolls” and produced by Todd Rundgren, was released in 1973 and featured the members in drag on the cover, reflecting the gender-bending style of the time of ...

A decade later he joined the New York Dolls and their self-titled debut album was released in 1973. The controversial record cover featured ... the acting world. He first portrayed the Ghost ...

David Johansen, who segued from being the New York Dolls frontman to his Buster Poindexter alter ego and back again, has died at age 75.

The New York Dolls released just one more studio album, 1974’s Too Much Too ... As Poindexter, he scored his first real hit, a cover of Arrow’s “Hot Hot Hot,” which reached No. 45 on ...

In 1971, he founded the New York Dolls with Johnny Thunders, and the band became a staple of the Mercer’s scene. The Dolls’ first two albums ... York Dolls’ debut album, “The New York ...