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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.
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).
Jan 25, 2023 · The girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, Nancy Spungen was found fatally stabbed in his Chelsea Hotel room in New York City on October 12, 1978.
Oct 12, 2017 · Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious was accused of killing his girlfriend Nancy Spungen 39 years ago – but the case remains a mystery.
Jun 1, 2022 · Sid Vicious, right, with girlfriend Nancy Spungen, left, are pictures backstage at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, London on 15 August 1978. Spungen was murdered in October 1978 and Vicious...
May 28, 2024 · During the 54 days he spent in the notorious Bronx prison – there for breaching the conditions of his $50,000 bail from charges of murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen three months earlier –...
Nov 11, 1983 · The Life and Death of Nancy Spungen. In her new memoir, Deborah Spungen remembers her daughter, who was the girlfriend of the Sex Pistols' bass player Sid Vicious. Vicious confessed to murdering Nancy, but died of a drug overdose before his conviction.
Vicious’s girlfriend, an American groupie named Nancy Spungen, was another source of personal tension between Vicious and other members of the band. Vicious and Spungen had met in 1977 in England, where she had gone to immerse herself in the punk scene.
Feb 2, 2019 · The Sex Pistols bassist accused of murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen before overdosing on heroin ‘didn't stand a chance’ against the draws of fame, says Joe Sommerlad.
In his 2007 book Pretty Vacant: A History of Punk, director Phil Strongman stated his conviction that it was actor Rockets Redglare who killed Nancy Spungen, noting that Redglare not only knew about the large amounts of cash kept in the bedside table drawer, but also brought the Tuinol to the party. [30]
