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| From | Leticia Lopez <luzan6@netscape.net> |
| Subject | Sad new-NY Dolls |
| Date | Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:11:22 -0500 |
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A DOLL PASSES: New York Dolls bassist Arthur "Killer" Kane died of advanced
leukemia in an L.A. area hospital last night. Kane, who had reunited with
surviving bandmates David Johansen and Syl Sylvain for last month's
acclaimed performance at Morrissey's Meltdown Festival in London, entered
the hospital thinking he was suffering from pneumonia. The funeral is
reportedly scheduled for Saturday. The Dolls, who released two
groundbreaking albums in the '70s, were also slated to play in Japan and at
next month's Little Steven-sponsored Garage Festival at Randall's Island in
N.Y.C. Kane, a devout Mormon, was being followed around by a camera crew
from the church for a documentary, A New York Doll, which detailed his
recovery from alcohol and drug abuse. Photographer Bob Gruen, a close friend
of the band's, said that, because of the band's current comeback, Arthur
died "with a smile on his face." Previous Dolls members Johnny Thunders,
Billy Murcia and Jerry Nolan had all previously died from drug-related
causes. (7/14p)
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