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by **KYYX4ever** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:22 am

Bad luck streak with the Ramones.

source: ananova.com

Johnny Ramone loses battle with cancer

Johnny Ramone, guitarist in punk band The Ramones, has died at the age of 55 following a long fight against cancer.

He passed away at his Los Angeles home, surrounded by his friends and family, reports BBC online.

Ramone, whose real name was John Cummings, had been battling prostate cancer for five years. He will be cremated at a private service, and a public tribute is being organised.

Johnny Ramone is the third member of the seminal band to die in the past few years, leaving Tommy Ramone as the only surviving member of the original line-up.

Singer Joey Ramone, whose real name was Jeff Hyman, died in 2001 from lymphatic cancer. Bass player Dee Dee Ramone, real name Douglas Colvin, died of a drug overdose the following year.

News of Johnny's cancer fight emerged in June when he was admitted to the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles for an infection related to the illness.

There was optimism that he would recover after beginning an experimental therapy treatment.

Among those at his bedside were his wife Linda Cummings and friends Eddie and Jill Vedder and Rob and Sherrie Zombie. Also there for his final moments were Lisa Marie Presley, actress Talia Shire, director Vincent Gallo and musician Pete Yorn.

A cancer research fundraiser was held on Sunday to mark The Ramones 30th anniversary, with performances from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Henry Rollins.

The Ramones, who had hits with I Wanna Be Sedated and Blitzkrieg Bop, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. The band formed in 1974, with all the members taking the Ramone surname, quickly building up a cult following.

by **fritzb** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:55 am

Yeah, quite sad...

See other thread ==> http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2911

by **KYYX4ever** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:03 am

oh geez,
my apologies...i never saw that thread. oops! [B)]

by **Grunch** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 2:09 pm

While I do not mean any disrespect to their music legacy, their lifestyles caught up with them. Their wildness was legendary, and I would guess it involved many activities that were not conducive to phsyical or mental health. In the end, their lifestyle p

by **devildog** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 12:18 am

[quote]Originally posted by Grunch
[br]While I do not mean any disrespect to their music legacy, their lifestyles caught up with the

by **Grunch** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 2:03 am

Nothing theoretical about it, and I was clear to say MAY have contributed. Smoking is known to lead to lung cancer, even though millions smoke and live to be 90, but IF you have the genetic make-up that is susceptible to smoking (who knows?) then you may

by **Grunch** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 2:19 am

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How does acquiring cancer have anything to do with your lifestyle? C'mon, gruncho, you know as well as I do, that cancer can strike a person irregardless of their lifestyle. Johnny's problem is that he probably did not have an early enough scr

by **ekahob** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 3:35 am

[quote]Originally posted by Grunch
[br]It may be more remarkable that they made it to at least age 50.
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by **devildog** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:43 am

[quote]Originally posted by Grunch
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How does acquir

by **Grunch** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:06 am

by **Grunch** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:46 am

enjoy the convention.....maybe you can buy everything by the ramones to pay homage to them. You apparently missed my simple point, and decided to pick and choose from my statements to make it a negative. Oh well, to each his own. It must be nice to always

by **damned fairy** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:54 pm

there was me thinking his name was mark!!!!
Tommy Ramone as the only surviving member of the original line-up.

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