And I Don't Want to Live This Life
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And I Don't Want To Live This Life is a non-fiction
book written by Deborah Spungen
. Published by Random House
in 1983, it is about her daughter, Nancy Spungen
, who died from a stab wound to the abdomen at the Chelsea Hotel
in New York City
in 1978. Nancy's then boyfriend, Sid Vicious
of the Sex Pistols
, was accused of and ultimately confessed to the crime, although he died of a drug overdose before being convicted. Fans of Vicious and the Sex Pistols have frequently alleged that Nancy's death was by another's hand; Vicious himself described her death as accidental.
The book is named after a line in a poem Vicious wrote some time after Nancy's death:
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
book written by Deborah Spungen
Deborah Spungen
Deborah Spungen is the mother of Nancy Spungen, the girlfriend of punk rocker Sid Vicious, who became known for her autobiography And I Don't Want to Live This Life which details the life with her late daughter....
. Published by Random House
Random House
Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
in 1983, it is about her daughter, Nancy Spungen
Nancy Spungen
Nancy Laura Spungen was the American girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Spungen has been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols.-Early life:...
, who died from a stab wound to the abdomen at the Chelsea Hotel
Chelsea Hotel
Chelsea Hotel can refer to:*Hotel Chelsea in New York City*"Chelsea Hotel #2", a song from the 1974 Leonard Cohen album New Skin for the Old Ceremony*Chelsea Hotel, a book of photographs by Claudio Edinger, published in 1983See also...
in New York City
New York City
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in 1978. Nancy's then boyfriend, Sid Vicious
Sid Vicious
Sid Vicious was an English musician best known as the bassist of the influential punk rock group Sex Pistols...
of the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
, was accused of and ultimately confessed to the crime, although he died of a drug overdose before being convicted. Fans of Vicious and the Sex Pistols have frequently alleged that Nancy's death was by another's hand; Vicious himself described her death as accidental.
The book is named after a line in a poem Vicious wrote some time after Nancy's death:
- You were my little baby girl,
- And I shared all your fears.
- Such joy to hold you in my arms
- and kiss away your tears.
- But now you're gone, there's only pain
- and nothing I can do.
- And I don't want to live this life,
- If I can't live for you.
- To my beautiful baby girl.
- Our love will never die...