October 12, 1978

Nancy Spungen dies from a single stab wound to the abdomen. She and Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious had a death pact. But did he really kill her? 

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SOURCES

Video: Sex Pistols on Today Show with Bill Grundy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtHPhVhJ7Rs

http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/sid_vicious

https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-punk-rock-2803345

Hotels of Death by Gordon Kerr

http://www.feelnumb.com/2015/02/10/the-tacky-shirt-malcolm-mcclaren-made-after-sid-vicious-allegedly-killed-his-girlfriend/

www.sex-pistols.net

‘Punk Diary 1970-1979’ by George Gimark.

‘Vacant – A Diary of the Punk Years 1976-79’ by Nils & Ray Stevenson.

‘I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol’ by Glen Matlock with Pete Silverton.

‘Vicious – The Art Of Dying Young’ by Mark Paytress.

‘The Sex Pistols’ by Fred & Judy Vemorel

‘The Dark Stuff’ by Nick Kent.

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/060809-sidvicious/

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/little-known-facts-punk-sid-vicious-nancy-spungen-article-1.2828343

http://louderthanwar.com/the-night-punk-went-overground-july-4th-1976-oral-account/