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.

and the band broke up in 1976 when DJ created the alter ego Buster Poindexter, a lounge singer character who ... for playing the Ghost of Christmas Past in the '80s holiday classic "Scrooged." David ...

In the ’80s, Johansen assumed the persona of Buster Poindexter, a pompadour-styled ... Ghost of Christmas Past in Bill Murray-led hit “Scrooged.” Johansen was in 2023 the subject of Martin ...

That changed in 1987, when he scored a fluke mega-hit by covering “Hot Hot Hot” as his lounge act alter ego Buster Poindexter ... with Bill Murray called Scrooged,” he told Carson.

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

In the ’80s, Johansen assumed the persona of Buster Poindexter, a pompadour-styled ... Ghost of Christmas Past in Bill Murray-led hit “Scrooged.” Johansen was in 2023 the subject of Martin ...

Johansen would ultimately release four albums under the Buster Poindexter persona ... gravelly voice. Scrooged remains his most memorable part, playing a nigh-malevolent take on the Ghost ...

2016, file photo, singer Buster Poindexter, a/k/a David Johansen ... Christmas Past opposite Bill Murray in the 1988 hit comedy "Scrooged." David Johansen as the Ghost of Christmas Past and ...

who went on to become a lounge singer under the name Buster Poindexter and act in films such as “Scrooged,” has died. His daughter Leah Hennessey confirmed that he died Friday at home in New York.