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

David Johansen, pictured in 2004, was one of rock's great minor figures. He died Friday. (SARA KRULWICH/The New York Times) ...

David Johansen, the gravelly-voiced singer, was last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls.

David Johansen has died. Although best known and celebrated for his work as lead singer of formative American punk band New ...

In the 1970s, he and the transgressive Dolls were proto-punk pioneers. He later refashioned himself as the pompadoured lounge ...

A master of many musical genres, he also recorded as Buster Poindexter and appeared as an actor in ‘Scrooged,’ ‘Let It Ride’ ...

But his eternal-kid energy shone through on songs like this starry-eyed glam anthem. “Jumpin’ round the stage like teenage ...

In a statement shared with Vulture, Scorsese remembers the grit and “energy” of New York that came alongside Johansen’s work.

David Johansen, the pioneering actor and musician best known for fronting the influential rock band New York Dolls, has died ...

He never stopped growing as a songwriter and a singer, always exploring,” filmmaker, who helmed Johansen doc Personality ...