The New York Dolls singer David Johansen has been battling stage 4 cancer for several years, according to his wife Mara. but keeping his diagnosis private has not been "sustainable" for his family.

David Johansen, an actor and popular singer with the New York Dolls, is “bedridden and incapacitated,” according to his daughter.

The beloved New York rocker also shared in a Sweet Relief fundraising post that he broke his back in two places during a fall at Thanksgiving.