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| Subject | Dammit... |
| Date | Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:49:26 EDT |
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Johnny Ramone, member of punk legends'The Ramones,' dies at 55
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 been fighting a five-year
battle with prostate cancer. Ramone, whose birth name is John Cummings, had
been hospitalized in June at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.Johnny Ramone was one
of the original members of the Ramones, whose hit songs "I wanna be sedated"
and "Blitzkrieg Bop," among others, earned them an induction into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
The band's singer, Joey Ramone, whose real name is Jeff Hyman, died in 2001
of lymphatic cancer. Bassist Dee Dee Ramone, whose real name is Douglas Colvin,
died from a drug overdose in 2002.
Johnny Ramone co-founded "The Ramones" in 1974 along with Joey Ramone, DeeDee
Ramone and Tommy Ramone, who is 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 from
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, Rob and Sherrie Zombie and others. Other
friends who gathered at his Los Angeles home included Lisa Marie Presley, Pete
Yorn, Vincent Gallo and Talia Shire.He is survived by his wife and his mother,
Estelle Cummings. He will be cremated during a private ceremony.
John B.
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