Sid was a spiky-haired teen who somehow found himself in a punk rock band (without really knowing how to play bass), and Nancy was a lost groupie from New York who flocked to London in search of a rock lover. In Sid, Nancy found an insecure star on the rise, one who was able to deal with and even love her loud behavior. And in Nancy, Sid found someone to bolster his ego and nurture his needs.
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Their love story came to a tragic end in the late hours of October 12, 1978, when Sid woke up to find Nancy laying lifeless on the bathroom tiles. Police arrived at the scene to find a fidgeting Sid mumbling incoherently that he was responsible for it.
But was he?
More than four decades later, the case of Nancy Spungen’s fateful end is still as murky as it was the day she took her last breath. Here’s everything you need to know to try and solve this mystery yourself.