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Deborah Spungen received her Master of Social Service (MSS) and Master of Law and Social Policy (MLSP) degrees from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work.
She'd written a collection of essays, “Table for One: Essays From a Widow's Journey,” about life after the death of her husband, Frank, in 2010.

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Search - List of Books by Deborah Spungen

Deborah Spungen is the mother of Nancy Spungen, the girlfriend of punk rocker Sid Vicious. Deborah Spungen recounts her life with her daughter in her autobiography And I Don't Want to Live This Life. She was born in 1937.

Her autobiography tells not only about raising Nancy, whom she had at twenty and also describes Nancy as disturbed from a young age, but also her life following Nancy's murder in regard to her and her family's treatment by the judicial system and the press. She began the Philadelphia-based nonprofit FMV, Families of Murder Victims[1], soon after Nancy's death in order to cope with her tragedy, and later obtained a Master's Degree in Social Work from Bryn Mawr College.

Deborah Sprungen, born in Philadelphia, has been the owner of a natural foods store, a direct mail consultant, a member of the Philadelphia Crime and Elderly Coalition, and founded the Philadelphia chapter of Parents of Murdered Children. She has a husband, Frank, and two children, Susan and David. She wrote Homicide: The Hidden Victims in 1998. She

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Ghoul Digest: a celebration of horror fiction

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Plot Summary

On October 12th, 1978, Nancy Spungen was found dead underneath the bathroom sink in the room she shared with Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious at the Hotel Chelsea in New York City. A single stab wound to the abdomen led to her untimely death at the age of 20. Nancy’s death concluded not only her tumultuous relationship with Sid Vicious, but also concluded 20 years of pain and suffering she endured at the hands of drug addiction and mental illness.

The story of Nancy and Sid was sensationalized, turning their abusive relationship into a staple of both the punk scene and pop culture. Behind the headlines and the punk aesthetic is the story of a young girl who lived an incredibly tortured life. From the day she was born until the day she died, Nancy Spungen was a victim of herself and the negligence of the medical system. Her mother, Deborah, wrote this book a few years after Nancy’s murder to shine a light on who she was prior to becoming one half of the infamous “Sid and Nancy”.

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Deborah "Deb" Spungen

DEBORAH "DEB" SPUNGEN (née Alterman), passed away at the age of 87 on September 12, 2024, in Bala Cynwyd, PA. Born on April 10, 1937, in Philadelphia, PA, she leaves behind a legacy of love, dedication and accomplishment. Beloved wife of 54 years to the late Frank “Sonny” Spungen: Loving mother of Susan Spungen (Steve Kasher), David Spungen (Aliana) and the late Nancy Spungen; Devoted grandmother of Ella and Joseph Spungen; Caring aunt of Dean and Ellie Becker. Deb was many things: teacher, entrepreneur, salesperson, author, leader, speaker, advocate. She graduated from West Philadelphia High School in 1954, University of Pennsylvania in 1958 with a BA, and received her Master of Social Service degree (MSS) in 1989 and Master of Law and Social Policy (MLSP) in 1990 from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work. Deborah became a teacher in the Philadelphia public school system, and started her own natural foods store, The Earth Shop, in Jenkintown, PA the early 1970s. She was the founder and Executive Director of the Ant