David Johansen (New York Dolls), crowdfunding para tratar su cáncer

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David Johansen (New York Dolls), Crowdfunding to treat his cancer

David Johansenknown fundamentally for being a vocalist of New York DollsHe has announced that he suffers an advanced cancer. His daughter has launched a crowdfunding campaign for the treatment of the disease.

We know the conditions in which American musicians must face the disease when they suffer. Many have had to go to fans and beneficial acts to pay cancer treatment. This is the case of David Johansen, known as the vocalist of the Glam/Punk Rock band of the seventies New York Dollsone of the most influential arising from the city in those days, and also as an actor/comic under the pseudonym of Buster Poindexter.

His daughter, Leah Hennessey, has launched a Sweetrelief campaign to obtain funds so that Johansen can face the expenses of the medical treatment of a cancer that is today in the fourth stage – that is, when there is metastases in various parts of the body. The musician has been suffering cancer practically a decade, but in a media state From the day after Thanksgiving the level of weakness increased significantly.

If you want to support the artist in some way with your help, you can do it in Sweetrelief for David Johansen.

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