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Johnny Ramone, of 'The Ramones,' Dies at 55
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LOS ANGELES - 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 mings, 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 (news) and others.
Along with his wife, Linda mings, 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 (news), Pete Yorn (news), Vincent Gallo (news) and Talia Shire.
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God bless him, I am sure his brother will be waiting for him.
Bummer.
Damn, this band is cursed.
How do you figure? I guess you can say they die relatively young...but all that partying and living the punk life catches up with them. It's not as if they aren't supposed to die.Damn, this band is cursed.
Duff, they all died 20 +yrs before the life expectancy of the average man.
As far as life style causing early death, tell me why Eric Clapton and Keith Richard are still going strong?
Keith is the walking dead, I tell ya!
Maybe the Ramones lived next to power lines as kids.
yes, i know that's a myth....
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