![]() ![]() Spungen's father traveled to Boulder and accepted a plea bargain for her, which resulted in her being banished from the state of Colorado. When she was later arrested for storing stolen property in her dorm room, the University of Colorado decided to expel her. She 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. Spungen graduated from Lakeside High School in 1974, two weeks after her application to attend the University of Colorado Boulder was accepted. When she was aged 15, her psychiatrist diagnosed her with schizophrenia. In January 1972, Spungen ran away from Devereux Manor and attempted suicide by slitting her wrists with scissors. ![]() ![]() Weary of her erratic behavior, Spungen's parents enrolled her at Devereux Glenholme School in Connecticut and at Devereux Manor High School in Pennsylvania. At age 11, Spungen was expelled from public school when she went absent from class for more than two weeks. She allegedly threatened to kill a babysitter with scissors and attempted to batter her psychiatrist, who accused her of "acting out" for attention. Spungen was a temperamental child who exhibited violent behavior toward her younger sister Susan, but was very caring toward her younger brother David. In an interview, Spungen's mother stated, "I know it's normal for babies to cry, but Nancy did nothing but scream." Though she excelled academically, she had few friends during her elementary school years. At three months old, she was prescribed a liquid barbiturate by a pediatrician, but her violent behavior persisted. Young Nancy was a difficult baby, throwing crying fits and temper tantrums late into childhood. Spungen's father was a traveling salesman and her mother later owned an organic food store called The Earth Shop in nearby Jenkintown. The Spungens were a middle-class Jewish family that resided in Lower Moreland Township, a suburb of Philadelphia. Spungen appeared to have had no brain damage and was released from the hospital eight days after birth. She was born with severe cyanosis and nearly died of oxygen deprivation after being choked by her umbilical cord during delivery. Nancy Laura Spungen was born on February 27, 1958, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, to Franklin "Frank" (1934–2010) and Deborah Spungen (born 1937). Various authors and filmmakers have speculated about Vicious' role in Spungen's death and the possibility that Spungen was killed by a drug dealer who frequently visited their room. Vicious was charged with her murder, but died of a heroin overdose while on bail in February 1979 before the case went to trial. In October 1978, Spungen was found dead in the bathroom of the couple's room, with a single stab wound to the abdomen. ![]() After John Lydon left the band and Vicious was made the new front man, the couple moved to New York City and checked into the Hotel Chelsea, where they spent much of their time using drugs, especially heroin. The press soon labeled Spungen "Nauseating Nancy" for her outrageous and frequently antisocial behavior. Their relationship was punctuated by bouts of domestic violence and drug abuse. After being expelled from college, she flew to London in December 1976 at the height of the punk rock movement and became involved with Vicious, the bass player of the Sex Pistols. Raised Jewish in Philadelphia, Spungen was an emotionally disturbed child who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 15. Nancy Laura Spungen ( / ˈ s p ʌ ŋ ɡ ən/ Febru– October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of English musician Sid Vicious, and a figure of the 1970s punk rock scene. ![]()
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