Deborah Spungen

The mother of Nancy Spungen, the girlfriend of punk rocker Sid Vicious who was reputedly murdered by him. Deborah Spungen recounts her life with her daughter in the extremely tragic "And I Don't Want to Live this Life".

Her autobiography tells not only of the nightmare of raising such a troubled child as Nancy, but also the nightmare she lived following Nancy's murder in regards to her and her family's treatment by the judicial system, society, and the press. She began the Philadelphia chapter of FMV, Families of Murder Victims, 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.