David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster ...

In the ’80s, Johansen assumed the persona of Buster Poindexter ... They took their name from a toy hospital in Manhattan and were expected to take over the throne vacated by the Velvet ...