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By John Roleke, About.com Guide to Queens, NY since 2003

Johnny Ramone Dead at Age 55

Thursday September 16, 2004
Guitarist Johnny Ramone of the fabled Ramones punk band died peacefully in his sleep on September 15, following a five-year battle with cancer. The groundbreaking band came out of Forest Hills (Joey was the only true Forest Hills native), and they sang of Queens in punk beauties like "Rockaway Beach."
More: Official Ramones website
More: Review of new Ramones documentary "End of the Century"
More: Ramones resources and links

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October 13, 2006 at 2:58 pm
(1) katie says:

Im only 12 years old, but i LOVE the ramones, THEY ROCKED. I will always miss them, though i still have their music to remeber them by. I never met the ramones, but my best friends dad who was in the whiskey preists had breakfast with the ramones. So as far as im concerned, the ramones will always live on, and ROCK ON.

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