Cancer Getting The Best Of The Ramones

$pvcxGhxztCasey · Jun 17, 2004

Former Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone is losing his battle with terminal cancer, with bandmate Marky Ramone fearing the worst. The 55-year-old rocker - real name John Cummings - was diagnosed with prostate cancer four years ago and it has now spread throughout his body, reports rock magazine Rolling Stone Marky Ramone, drummer for the legendary group who split in 1996, says, "Johnny's been a champ in confronting this, but at this point I think the chances are slim. 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." The Ramones have been plagued by tragedy in recent years - singer Joey Ramone passed away in 2001 from lymphatic cancer and bassist Dee Dee Ramone died from a drug overdose the following year.
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Chris. · Jun 17, 2004

yeah i read this on Yahoo i think. It's terrible

Casual D · Jun 17, 2004

I'm not saying this is the exact reason and it might not have anything to do with it, but I'm sure all those years of drug use didn't exactly do the band any good. They say drugs can take off years of your life.

Andrea · Jun 17, 2004

I am very saddened by this.

enfestid · Jun 17, 2004

Man, cancer is really getting bad in music recently SR-71's first bassist, recently died from cancer ("In My Mind" by SR-71, one of my favorite songs, was written about him), Simplistic's guitarist got hit, and a lot more... geez.

Whimsicality · Jun 17, 2004

You know that the world is screwed up when Joey and DeeDee Ramone and Joe Strummer are dead, but Johnny Rotten is still alive.

But according to this, Johnny's not going anywhere too soon.

Johnny Ramone Is Not Dying, His Doctor Says

Ramones guitarist has been living with prostate cancer for past several years.

Johnny Ramone is not dying, according to his doctor.

The Ramones guitarist, who has been living with prostate cancer for the past several years, was recently admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with what his physician, Dr.

David Agus, told MTV News was a "complication from the cancer. But he got through it, and he's now on a new, experimental therapy. He's fighting courageously, and I think he will be going home in the near term."

Johnny's admission to Cedars-Sinai set off a nationwide — maybe worldwide — media death watch. He was said to be in an intensive-care unit, and very near the end. Characteristically, the 55-year-old guitarist, a stubbornly private man, refused to issue a corrective press statement. His wife, Linda, however, was appalled by the funereal headlines, and authorized Dr. Agus to explain Johnny's condition.

"He's not dying," Linda said on Wednesday afternoon (June 16). "He was okay for years, and he's fine now. He's in the hospital, but he's not in ICU. And I think he may be leaving by tomorrow."

— Kurt Loder
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