Short Biography

Nancy Spungen was born February 27, 1958 to Frank and Deborah Spungen. The Spungens were a middle class Jewish family in the Huntingdon Valley area of Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. Her father was a businessman and her mother owned a local health food store. She was born a month and a half premature, and suffered from severe cyanosis. As a child she was hyperactive and reportedly exhibited violent behaviour towards her younger sister Susan and her brother David. She is also alleged to have threatened to kill a babysitter and to have attacked her mother with a hammer during an argument. By age 11 she had been expelled from the public school system and was receiving psychotherapy. She reportedly attempted suicide several times and suffered from depression. Her family sent her to various residential facilities for disturbed children. She briefly attended the University of Colorado.

Spungen left home at age 17 and moved to New York City. She followed bands such as Aerosmith, The New York Dolls and The Ramones. She later worked as a stripper in New York City, which sometimes involved prostitution. She reportedly moved to London with the express purpose of winning over Jerry Nolan of the New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers but met The Sex Pistols instead. Lead singer Johnny Rotten introduced her to bassist Sid Vicious and they promptly moved in together.

During a rocky 21-month relationship, Spungen and Vicious were addicted to heroin and other drugs. Vicious was already an abuser of multiple drugs before he met Spungen, but many sources claim she introduced him to heroin; other sources claim that he had begun to use heroin with his mother at an early age.

The tabloids dubbed Spungen "Nauseating Nancy" for reportedly frequent and public displays of drug-fueled verbal abuse and violence. After the Sex Pistols broke up in 1978, Spungen and Vicious moved to the famous Hotel Chelsea in New York City. There, Vicious tried, with limited success, to continue his musical career.
Over the next few months, Vicious and Spungen spiraled into serious drug abuse, punctuated by reports of domestic violence. The end came on October 12, 1978, when Spungen was found sprawled on the bathroom floor of their hotel room clad in a black bra and panties. It is likely the details of Spungen`s death will never be known, although in his book Pretty Vacant: A History Of Punk, Phil Strongman names her killer as Rockets Redglare. She had bled to death from a single stab wound to the abdomen, later traced to a knife owned by Vicious. This was reportedly a "007" hunting knife he had obtained after seeing Dee Dee Ramone give one to The Dead Boys` Stiv Bators. Vicious was immediately arrested for murder. While free on bail he made several remarks which were interpreted by some to be a confession. However, there was also an issue of a stolen bank roll and possible involvement of drug dealers.

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Friends and Family

Linda Ashby [Friend]

Den Browne [Friend]

Eileen Polk [Friend]

Debbie Harry [Friend]

Sable Starr [Associate]

David Spungen [Brother]

Susan [Sister]

Philippe Marcade [Friend]

Dee Dee Ramone [Friend]

Jerry Nolan [Friend]

Frank Spungen [Father]

Deborah Spungen [Mother]

Pets

Aquarius Cat

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