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Sylvain Sylvain of the proto-punk band New York Dolls dies at 69
The New York Dolls were brash and glam, gender-bending and unapologetic, qualities that were still a few years away from becoming commonplace in clubs like CBGB in the East Village.
by Neil Genzlinger
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Sylvain Sylvain, a key member of the New York Dolls, the influential though short-lived proto-punk band whose outrageous shows at Max’s Kansas City and other venues paved the way for the era of the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, died Wednesday at his home in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 69.
His wife, Wanda O’Kelley Mizrahi, said the cause was cancer. ....

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