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On one level, it’s a grim story about racism. On another, it’s tempting to suggest that Sylvain Sylvain made exceptionally good use of this newfound information: few bands in the early 70s said “fuck you” quite as loudly and repeatedly as the New York Dolls, the quintet Sylvain Sylvain joined in 1971. They were two words that seemed to inform everything about them: their appearance, their sound, their attitude – “belligerent, hostile and defiantly loud”, as a local news report fro...

Print Sylvain Sylvain, whose guitar playing in the early 1970s as a member of the New York Dolls helped lay the groundwork for what would become punk rock, died Wednesday in Nashville. He was 69. His death was confirmed by his wife Wanda O’Kelley Mizrahi. She wrote on his Facebook page that the guitarist had “battled cancer for the past 2 ½ years.” In 2019, Sylvain started a GoFundMe to help pay for his treatment. Along with the announcement of his death, Sylvain’s wife posted a remem...

Credit: Getty There’s a common phrase that comes to mind when thinking about the role Sylvain Sylvain – born Sylvain Mizrahl, February 14th, 1951 – played within the iconoclastic New York Dolls. The phrase has something to do with herding cats. Alongside singer David Johansen, Sylvain – who has died from cancer at the age of 69 – was the only constant in the New York Dolls during their ragged but glorious first run, a bridge from glam to punk that arched between 1971 an...

Guitarist Sylvain Sylvain, a founding member of the seminal punk band New York Dolls, has died after a battle with cancer, his wife announced. The Egyptian-born rocker was 69. Sylvain was diagnosed with cancer 2\u00bd years ago and died Wednesday, according to a Facebook post from spouse Wendy Mizrahi. He was one of the five original members when the Dolls launched in 1971, joined by singer ...

New York Dolls Cofounder Sylvain Sylvain Dies at 69

Guitarist Sylvain Sylvain dies aged 69 Lizzie Edmonds Guitarist Sylvain Sylvain has passed away at the age of 69. The musician, best known as the New York Dolls guitarist, died on Wednesday after a two-year battle with cancer, his family today confirmed. Wanda OKelley Mizrahi, the star’s wife, announced the news on Facebook last night. “Sylvain Sylvain Mizrahi Rest In Peace February 14, 1951 ~ January 13, 2021,” she wrote. “As most of you know, Sylvain battled cancer fo...

He had been battling cancer for several years.

Rolling Stone Flashback: New York Dolls Play ‘Looking For a Kiss’ at One of Their Last Concerts The death of Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain means that this 2011 run of shows was their last By The sad news came down last night that New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain died after a long battle with cancer. “l remember the first time I saw him bop into the rehearsal space/bicycle shop with his carpetbag and guitar straight from the plane after having been deported from Amsterd...

The quintet quickly became one of the most prominent and influential bands in the city’s nascent punk movement before imploding in 1976.

Sylvain Sylvain, guitarist for glam rock pioneers New York Dolls, dies at 69 Variety © Provided by NBC News Sylvain Sylvain, cofounder and rhythm guitarist of legendary early 1970s proto-punk quintet the New York Dolls, died Wednesday after a battle with cancer, according to a social media post by his wife and multiple media reports. He was 69. While often lambasted in their era — either as Rolling Stones knock-offs or for their shocking-at-the-time androgynous look — the ...