21 Facts About Nancy Spungen

Nancy Laura Spungen was the American girlfriend of English musician Sid Vicious, and a figure of the 1970s punk rock scene.

In October 1978, Nancy Spungen was found dead in the bathroom of the couple's room, with a single stab wound to the abdomen.

Nancy Spungen was born with severe cyanosis and nearly died of oxygen deprivation after being choked by her umbilical cord during delivery.

Nancy Spungen appeared to have had no brain damage and was released from the hospital eight days after birth.

Nancy Spungen's father was a traveling salesman and her mother later owned an organic food store called The Earth Shop in nearby Jenkintown.

Young Nancy Spungen was a difficult baby, throwing crying fits and temper tantrums late into childhood.

Nancy Spungen was a temperamental child who exhibited violent behavior toward her younger sister Susan, but was very caring toward her younger brother David.

Nancy Spungen allegedly threatened to kill a babysitter with scissors and attempted to batter her psychiatrist, who accused her of "acting out" for attention.

At age 11, Nancy Spungen was expelled from public school when she went absent from class for more than two weeks.

Weary of her erratic behavior, Nancy Spungen's parents enrolled her at Devereux Glenholme School in Connecticut and at Devereux Manor High School in Pennsylvania.

In January 1972, Nancy Spungen ran away from Devereux Manor and attempted suicide by slitting her wrists with scissors.

Nancy Spungen graduated from Lakeside High School in 1974, two weeks after her application to attend the University of Colorado Boulder was accepted.

Nancy Spungen began attending the university at age 16, but five months into her freshman year she was arrested for purchasing marijuana from an undercover police officer.

Nancy Spungen's father traveled to Boulder and accepted a plea bargain for her, which resulted in her being banished from the state of Colorado.

On October 12,1978, Nancy Spungen's body was found under the wash basin in the bathroom of their room at the Hotel Chelsea.

Nancy Spungen had suffered a stab wound to the abdomen.

Nancy Spungen pleaded not guilty and was released on bail, though he shared conflicting stories of the night Spungen died.

Nancy Spungen was buried in the King David Memorial Park, a traditional Jewish cemetery in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania.

Redglare told the press that he believed that a drug dealer whom he had seen in the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea on the morning of Nancy Spungen's murder committed the crime.

The argument escalated when Nancy Spungen assaulted Vicious, who was trying to leave the apartment, and as portrayed in the film she was stabbed accidentally when she charged him while his knife was out.

Nancy Spungen is then horrified to find Nancy dead in the bathroom.