Johnny Ramone (The Ramones)

John William Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), known professionally as Johnny Ramone, was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and a founding member of the punk rock band Ramones. The Ramones helped pioneer the punk movement.

The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2009, Ramone appeared on Time's list of "The 10 Greatest Electric-Guitar Players". He ranked No. 8 on Spin's 2012 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and No. 28 on Rolling Stone's similarly titled 2015 list.

Alongside his music career, Ramone appeared in nearly a dozen films, in documentaries, and on television. Ramone's autobiography, Commando, was released posthumously in 2012.

On September 15, 2004, Johnny Ramone died in his Los Angeles home at the age of 55, 23 days before his 56th birthday, following a five-year battle with prostate cancer. Many of his friends and musical contemporaries came to pay their respects. His wife Linda kept his ashes, though there is a cenotaph monument to Ramone at Hollywood Forever cemetery in Hollywood, California.

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The Ramones

Johnny Ramone (John William Cummings)
Born: 8 October 1948-15 September 2004

Tommy Ramone-(Thomas Erdelyi)
Born: 29 January 1949-11 July 2014

Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Ross Hyman)
Born: 19 May 1951-15 April 2001

Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin)
Born: 18 September 1951-5 June 2002

Marky Ramone (Marc Steven Bell)
Born: 15 July 1952

Elvis Ramone  (Clement Burke)
24 November 1954

Richie Ramone (Richard Reinhardt)
Born 11 August 1957

C. J. Ramone (Christopher Joseph Ward)
8 October 1965