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Nancy Laura Spungen ( / ˈspʌŋɡən /; February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of English musician Sid Vicious and a figure of the 1970s punk rock scene. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Spungen was an emotionally disturbed child who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 15.
Oct 12, 2017 · Nancy Spungen, who had been stabbed in the stomach with a knife, bled to death on the bathroom floor. She was 20 years old. “Vicious, who was found wandering the hallways in an agitated state...
May 28, 2022 · Nancy Spungen was no bit player in the story of the groundbreaking British punk band the Sex Pistols. Brutally killed at the age of 20 under uncertain circumstances, she was the girlfriend of Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie (via the official Sex Pistols website).
Apr 2, 2020 · Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen backstage at the Electric Ballroom in London on August 15, 1978. Their behavior deteriorated through excessive drug use. As the Pistols improbably thrashed their...
Jan 25, 2023 · One of the most infamous punk-rock groupies, 20-year-old Nancy Spungen was found fatally stabbed at the Chelsea Hotel in 1978. Was her boyfriend Sid Vicious to blame? In the early hours of October 12, 1978, residents of the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan heard sounds coming from the room of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious.
Oct 9, 2013 · S id Vicious, bass player for the now-defunct, notorious punk rock band the Sex Pistols, pleaded not guilty on 21 November at his arraignment to the charge of second-degree murder of his...
Spungen was born in Philadelphia in 1958. She was troubled from the beginning. During her delivery, she nearly died when the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. Doctors were able to save her life and determined she did not suffer any lasting damage from oxygen deprivation.
