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Johnny Ramone Passes Away At 55

posted Sep 16, 2004 at 3:19 AM by blacksun.  (76 Comments)

Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the legendary band The Ramones died in his sleep Wednesday, September 15th following a five year battle with prostate cancer. He was 55.

Ramone (born John Cummings) founded the band in 1974 with Joey Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone and Tommy Ramone. Joey (real name Jeff Hyman) died of lymphatic cancer in 2001, Dee Dee (Douglas Colvin) died of a drug overdose in 2002. Tommy is the only surviving member of the original line-up.

Along with his wife Linda Cummings, Ramone's friends Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) and wife Jill, Rob Zombie and wife Sherrie, Lisa Marie Presley and others were at his bedside when he passed away.

Source: BW&BK

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76 Comments on "Johnny Ramone Passes Away At 55"

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1. Emperor4Ever writes:

Another sad day in this world.

# Sep 16, 2004 @ 10:35 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Bonescraper101 writes:

RIP Johnny. Thanks for all the memories and music. Say hi to Dee Dee and Joey for us too.

# Sep 16, 2004 @ 12:35 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. RHManiac writes:

Damn! One of the world's most influential bands is almost entirely gone... that truly bites.

Take care Johnny. Rest In Peace.

Gabba Gabba Hay

# Sep 16, 2004 @ 2:42 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. KMADD writes:

Looks like Marky is the only Ramone left. RIP Johnny my Punk rock
brother!!!!

# Sep 16, 2004 @ 5:15 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. KMADD writes:

Rock! Rock! Rockaway Beach! Damn this is a shiitty day for music!

# Sep 16, 2004 @ 6:42 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. brokenwings13 writes:

this is sad. : (

Now the only guys left from the band is Tommy and Marky.
Those guys had a big influence on me and what i do.

# Sep 16, 2004 @ 7:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. KMADD writes:

Is Marky still jamming with Jerry and Dez?!

# Sep 16, 2004 @ 7:17 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. brokenwings13 writes:

i have no idea.

# Sep 16, 2004 @ 7:26 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. graveland writes:

and this has WHAT to do with metal????????

# Sep 19, 2004 @ 5:34 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. KMADD writes:

Actually a lot. Ask anybody in Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Mr. Danzig and other metal bands what
the Ramones meant to them. And ask I would say most metal fans on what the Ramones meant.
To me thier music is ageless. And those guys will be missed!!!

# Sep 19, 2004 @ 5:37 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. MarineChick007 writes:

ny sister was tearing up really bad when she told me.
this is a sad sad day in music history.

# Sep 19, 2004 @ 11:18 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. BlackMage writes:

How the hell did I miss this? This is a sh**bag in a pile of puke.

# Sep 20, 2004 @ 6:46 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. graveland writes:

i say good riddance.

# Sep 20, 2004 @ 6:49 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. ZerO writes:

That really f***ing sucks!!!

# Sep 20, 2004 @ 7:06 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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15. brokenwings13 writes:

this is sad. : (

# Sep 20, 2004 @ 7:35 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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16. ME writes:

That blows... i hate ppl that dont undersand how good the Ramoans are just because they arent Metal.

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 3:22 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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17. ME writes:

Ramones* my bad LOL

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 3:23 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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18. brad writes:

the same way people dont understand burzum


varg is a f***ing genius

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 2:33 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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19. graveland writes:

influential does NOT mean good. secondly, it doesnt matter how good they are, if they are not metal(which they arent) then they dont belong on a metal board. simple logistics

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 6:19 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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20. brad writes:

dude burzum is the sh**

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 6:37 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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21. KMADD writes:

I believe he was talking about the Ramones. Burzum does rule!

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 6:38 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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22. KMADD writes:

But let us go back to Graveland's statement I'd rather would see news about
The Ramones than all that fakeass emo-mallratt Nu-metal crap like Korn, Papa
Roach and that kind of shiit! But I kind of understand his/hers point! But the
Ramones rule and I believe they were important in the development of a lot
of the extreme metal of today.

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 6:44 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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23. MarineChick007 writes:

KMADD, your poetic ingeneous shows very much. please put your pants back on.

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 10:23 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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24. brad writes:

im am the ruler of cheesey one liners

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 11:00 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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25. brokenwings13 writes:

hahahahaha!!! i don't think KMADD owns any pants.

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 11:16 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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26. brad writes:

he only wears bicycle shorts

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 11:19 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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27. brokenwings13 writes:

how do you know?

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 11:26 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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28. brad writes:

what dont i know

# Sep 22, 2004 @ 11:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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29. brokenwings13 writes:

if KMADD wears bike shorts or not.

# Sep 23, 2004 @ 12:04 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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30. ryan writes:

Well that is sad for him to die how he did. I never did like the Ramones at all, but they had a very big impact on music.

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31. Andy Christ writes:

I think you're all secretly wearing bike shorts, come on, admit it.

# Sep 23, 2004 @ 12:32 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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32. ryan writes:

They make me feel liberated.

# Sep 23, 2004 @ 10:02 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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33. brad writes:

im a nudist

# Sep 23, 2004 @ 4:36 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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34. KMADD writes:

I only wear em while Im listnening to Salt N Pepa-Yeah push it! Push it real good!
Get up on this!-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!Yes I am out of my mind!

# Sep 23, 2004 @ 4:40 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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35. KMADD writes:

I'm also wearing a Ron Jon surfer shirt and a mullet and saying play some
Skynard-yee haw!!!!!!!! I AM INSANE AHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

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36. MarineChick007 writes:

nothing like a true hilblly from Indiana, right KMADD?

# Sep 23, 2004 @ 8:58 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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37. brokenwings13 writes:

OMG. this is f***iing hilarious.

i think KMADD's bike shorts are on too tight.

# Sep 23, 2004 @ 9:38 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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38. brad writes:

see i told you f***ers i was right


im all knowing dammit

# Sep 23, 2004 @ 10:10 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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39. heather c writes:

that sucks so bad jonny ramone will be missed so much RIP we love you
LOVE IN DEATH SLEEP IN SORROW

# Sep 24, 2004 @ 12:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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40. heather c writes:

that sucks so bad jonny ramone will be missed so much RIP we love you
LOVE IN DEATH SLEEP IN SORROW

# Sep 24, 2004 @ 12:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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41. heather c writes:

that sucks so bad jonny ramone will be missed so much RIP we love you
LOVE IN DEATH SLEEP IN SORROW

# Sep 24, 2004 @ 12:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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42. heather c writes:

KMADD u must be seriously disturbed if ur sittting here argueing that the ramones are better then korn or papa roach because there not even on the same level and they play 2 totally differnt types of music the ramones are punk and korn is like post core metal u idiot!!! learn your music and for evey 1 else listen to ARTEYU and OTEP there awsome

# Sep 24, 2004 @ 12:37 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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43. graveland writes:

post core metal? they will invent any name for this crap just to give it a label. why does everything have to have "core" in it anyways.

rule of thumb, if it aint metal, it aint sh**.

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44. brad writes:

and atreyu and otep suck

# Sep 24, 2004 @ 2:26 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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45. brokenwings13 writes:

yep graveland, i think the labeling of certain genres, gives it a different appeal to it
that if you didn't call it something.

# Sep 24, 2004 @ 4:12 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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46. KMADD writes:

Im sorry I was listening to Hank jr. and some David Allan Coe going yaahooo!!! ahahhahahahaha!
But seriously Heather you must some dumbass teeny bopping biitch. Because those 4 bands
if that's what want to call them, wished they had half the talent that the Late Ramones had!!!!

# Sep 24, 2004 @ 8:06 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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47. sam-i-am writes:

i just found out today about johnny. i think it's one of the worst things since joey's death. seriously i need to start paying attention. i'd go crazy if i missed the death of another memeber of the ramones. it's sorta scary to think that there is only one original memeber left...

# Sep 24, 2004 @ 8:14 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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48. MarineChick007 writes:

since when does "korn" and "metal" get to be in the same sentence together?

# Sep 24, 2004 @ 8:21 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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49. KMADD writes:

Since when does Korn and Papa Roach get in the same sentence with music?!?!?

# Sep 24, 2004 @ 8:25 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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50. emokilla writes:

i heard about that sh** the ramones were f***en great, there will never be any bands like that ever

# Oct 2, 2004 @ 3:49 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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51. MarineChick007 writes:

i'm beginning to wonder, KMADD, if you and i are the only one's thinking properly at the moment.

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 12:52 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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52. ramrant writes:

these ramones have been a bunch of junkies. That dude's died without having a real job in his life. f*** 'em.

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 5:48 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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53. KMADD writes:

And your jealous because you a have a shiitty one and you wish you would have half the
talent that the Ramones had! Douchefag.

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 4:34 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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54. brad writes:

back in the ussr you dont know how lucky you are boy


back in the U.S.S.R

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 6:44 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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55. brokenwings13 writes:

thanks brad, i now have that stuck in my head.

and ramrant- you could be the same way, get out and do something then maybe when you die, people will know who you are!!!!

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 8:09 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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56. brad writes:

why is that bad


that song kicks my ass

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 8:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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57. brokenwings13 writes:

that isn't bad at all, i was just saying that it is now stuck in my head.
so if that song kicks your a$$ then is it your favorite off of the album?

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 8:17 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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58. brad writes:

no way helter skelter and dear prudence rock my face off

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 8:23 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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59. brokenwings13 writes:

so what eats your left leg?

my fave is "while my guitar gently weeps''.

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 8:27 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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60. brad writes:

brilliant song as well

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 8:32 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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61. MarineChick007 writes:

Happiness Is A Warm Gun.

# Oct 5, 2004 @ 8:57 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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62. KMADD writes:

If you get on one of those Internet music sites. Type O Negative does a killer live version
of Back In The U>;S>;S>;R!!!!!

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 8:36 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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63. brad writes:

hot damn i need to check that out

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64. MarineChick007 writes:

which site did you go to KMADD?

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 8:45 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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65. KMADD writes:

Pete Steele has a funny as fukk Britney Spears cover on the web also you can find a lot of type o
in Kazaa.

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 8:46 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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66. MarineChick007 writes:

any other sites to go to see this?

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 8:55 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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67. brad writes:

ha ive heard that.


jesus christ looks like me

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 8:55 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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68. KMADD writes:

Grokster or limewire maybe? Oh shiit try one called Soulseek.

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 8:57 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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69. MarineChick007 writes:

i don't want to pirate music here.

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 9:08 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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70. KMADD writes:

The recording industry makes enough money. Record sell dont really benefit the bands that much
anyway. Touring and Merchandise sales are thier bread and butter.

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 9:11 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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71. MarineChick007 writes:

i'm not aiming for any illeagal activity, it will ruin my chances in the Corps,
so do you have a legal site i can go to get this download?

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 9:21 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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72. KMADD writes:

Apple maybe?

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 9:22 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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73. MarineChick007 writes:

like i said before, you need to start a website with this crap on it for idiots like me!!

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 9:36 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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74. KMADD writes:

Im thinking I-tunes .com sells songs too for cheap. But If you go to kazaa download and record the
songs dont keep them on file and you wont get caught.

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 9:38 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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75. MarineChick007 writes:

i have a crappy dell, and my software cookies everything,
so will that have any affect on it?

# Oct 6, 2004 @ 10:10 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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76. brad writes:

if you download on your computer


you will die in a firey blaze

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