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

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Supported by By Gavin Edwards David Johansen, the singer and songwriter who was at the vanguard of glam rock and punk as the frontman of the New York Dolls ...

The New York Dolls were forerunners of punk and the band’s style — teased hair, women's clothes and lots of makeup — inspired the glam movement that took up residence in heavy metal a decade ...

David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of the glam and punk pioneering band, the New York Dolls, has died at age 75. David Johansen was also known as his pompadoured alter ego, Buster ...

Johansen started out in the early 1970s as the pioneering glam-punk diva ... “The Dolls were definitely beyond glitter, because I used to go out in my glitter clothes, but I would have thought ...

David Johansen, the last surviving member of the New York Dolls who later performed as his alter ego, Buster Poindexter, has ...

The New York Dolls were forerunners of punk and the band’s style — teased hair, women’s clothes and lots of makeup — inspired the glam movement that took up residence in heavy metal a ...

The New York Dolls were forerunners of punk and the band's style - teased hair, women's clothes and lots of makeup - inspired the glam movement that took up residence in heavy metal a decade later ...