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David Johansen was the star of the New York Dolls who is known to eventually give in to the alter ego 'Buster Poindexter'. He is known to own the hit remake of Calypso themed 'Hot Hot Hot'. This article will talk about the events that unfolded in his death at 75, recently on February 28, 2025, at his home on Staten Island.
Buster Poindexter Dies at 75: Story Unfolds
The first person to confirm the death of Buster Poindexter or David Johansen was his daughter, Leah Hennessey. Earlier in February, the family had mentioned the stage-four cancer that Poindexter was battling. The artist was a complicated one according to his audience, and he carried two personalities- a solo album artist that was a part of his five-decade career and film roles like the taxi-driving Ghost of Christmas Past in 'Scrooged'.
The New York Dolls was a fiery band that had an endless number of uncensored visuals and lyrics. Johansen used to sing at bars and clubs in Staten Island, and he was discovered by the former members of the New York Dolls there. He was the band's final addition and immediately joined the 'Dirty Dancing and Painting Angels,' as the world would say.
“Dirty angels with painted faces, the Dolls … unleashed the infant furies that would grow to become punk,” wrote music biographer Nina Antonia in “Too Much Too Soon,” a 1998 book on the Dolls’s rise and fall.
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