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Saturday 12 July 2014

TOMMY RAMONE DIES AT 62

Tommy Ramone, former drummer for the Ramones, plays as part of the duo Uncle Monk at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival i Indio, California, in 2012.

Punk rock fuel-injected the beat of rock and roll in the mid-1970s with a frenetic tempo. On Friday, the drummer who gunned out those rhythms with pioneering punk band the Ramones passed away.
Tommy Ramone was 65 and the last living original member of the band, which debuted its first album in 1976. Ramone was also one of the band's composers.
A notice of his death was posted on the band's Facebook page with his age. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame reported that he was 62. Ramone was reportedly battling cancer when he died.- CNN
 
 

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