Johnny Ramone passes on
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Johnny Ramone, guitarist
and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The
Ramones," has died. He was 55.
Ramone died in his sleep Wednesday afternoon
at his Los Angeles home surrounded by friends and
family, his publicist said. He had battled
prostate cancer for five years, and was
hospitalized in June at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center.
Ramone, born John Cummings, was one of the
original members of the Ramones, whose hit songs
"I Wanna be sedated" and "Blitzkrieg Bop," among
others, earned the band induction into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
The band's singer, Joey Ramone, whose real
name was Jeff Hyman, died in 2001 of lymphatic
cancer. Bassist Dee Dee Ramone, who was born
Douglas Colvin, died from a drug overdose in
2002.
Johnny Ramone founded "The Ramones" in 1974
with Joey Ramone, DeeDee Ramone and Tommy Ramone,
the only surviving member of the original band.
A tribute concert and cancer research
fund-raiser was held Sunday in Los Angeles to
celebrate the band's 30th anniversary. It
featured performances by Los Angeles punk band X,
the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Henry Rollins and
others.
Along with his wife, Linda Cummings, Johnny
Ramone was surrounded at his death by friends
Eddie and Jill Vedder, and Rob and Sherrie
Zombie. Other friends who gathered at his Los
Angeles home included Lisa Marie Presley, Pete
Yorn, Vincent Gallo and Talia Shire.
and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The
Ramones," has died. He was 55.
Ramone died in his sleep Wednesday afternoon
at his Los Angeles home surrounded by friends and
family, his publicist said. He had battled
prostate cancer for five years, and was
hospitalized in June at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center.
Ramone, born John Cummings, was one of the
original members of the Ramones, whose hit songs
"I Wanna be sedated" and "Blitzkrieg Bop," among
others, earned the band induction into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
The band's singer, Joey Ramone, whose real
name was Jeff Hyman, died in 2001 of lymphatic
cancer. Bassist Dee Dee Ramone, who was born
Douglas Colvin, died from a drug overdose in
2002.
Johnny Ramone founded "The Ramones" in 1974
with Joey Ramone, DeeDee Ramone and Tommy Ramone,
the only surviving member of the original band.
A tribute concert and cancer research
fund-raiser was held Sunday in Los Angeles to
celebrate the band's 30th anniversary. It
featured performances by Los Angeles punk band X,
the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Henry Rollins and
others.
Along with his wife, Linda Cummings, Johnny
Ramone was surrounded at his death by friends
Eddie and Jill Vedder, and Rob and Sherrie
Zombie. Other friends who gathered at his Los
Angeles home included Lisa Marie Presley, Pete
Yorn, Vincent Gallo and Talia Shire.
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"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Comments
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MAN.
I don't know what to say, the man MADE punk rock.
I guess it's time to go 'be sedated'.
Cheers,
RoosterCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
"I wanna be cremated!"
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Originally posted by Demiurge
"I wanna be cremated!"
oh god.. that was too friggin funny RAOTFLMAO i'm gettin funny looks from everyone in the computer lab cause i'm laughing so damn hard lolMacLeod: I guess youre lucky Polk has such lax hiring standards.
Josh: Damn skippy!
