Ramones Guitarist Losing Fight with Cancer

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The guitarist with pioneering punk rock band the Ramones is fighting a losing a battle with cancer in a Los Angeles hospital, Rolling Stone magazine reported on its Web site on Tuesday.

Johnny Ramone, 55, whose real name is John Cummings, was diagnosed with prostate cancer four years ago, and it has now spread throughout his body, Rollingstone.com quoted the band's drummer, Marky Ramone, as saying.

"Johnny's been a champ in confronting this, but at this point I think the chances are slim," Marky Ramone said in the report. "John never smoked cigarettes, he wasn't a heavy drinker and he was always into his health. It just proves when cancer seeks a body to penetrate, it doesn't matter how healthy you are or how unhealthy you are. It just seeps in and there's nothing you can do."

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[Pablo]

What a drag.

I was really bummed when Joey Ramone died. Wasn't it a cancer too?

And then the overdose.

I still love thier stuff.

How do you describe the Ramones?

[DudeAsInCool]

How do you describe the Ramones?

The definative LA rock band of the 80s ?

[KiwiCoromandel]

very sad....although i never really got into them...it`s always depressing to see another old rocker pass on...sort of reminds you of your own mortality...

[Crazy Diamond]

...it`s always depressing to see another old rocker pass on...

Its also depesssing to see the music go with them. No one will have the same impact as some of the older guys out there did.

The thing that bothers me about these situations is the amount of posers who come out after someone famous has died and pretends to be their biggest fan. Theres going to be a major increase in merch sales.