Afro Droid Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Rolling Stone magazine is reporting that RAMONES guitarist Johnny Ramone is in a Los Angeles hospital battling prostate cancer. "Johnny's been a champ in confronting this, but at this point I think the chances are slim," drummer Marky Ramone told the magazine. "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."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 Marky Ramone as saying."I've been getting so much email from people and from papers and magazines wanting to know what was up I had to take it upon myself to say something, because eventually John won't be in any condition to say or do anything," Marky said. "He went through many chemotherapy treatments. Some of it worked better than others. At this point [the cancer] has started to go into other areas of the body."RAMONES' singer, Joey Ramone (born Jeff Hyman), died in 2001 of lymphatic cancer, while bassist Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) died from a drug overdose the following year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 "It's the end of The Ramones" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Gilman Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 but they're "too tough to die"this sucks by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 ahh this sucks:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Elvis Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 RhcpJohn Frusciante called him from the stage at the Chilis gig on Sunday and got the whole audience to shout We love you Johnny to cheer him up. Hopefully he'll beat this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamax Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 extremely tres poop i love him too (as much as its possible to love someone youve never met)felt the same bout Joey and Dee Deefeel the gloom..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AX FAE TX Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 the ramones are part of music history -they will never die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scott cs. Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 yeh i read this somewhere earlier, they seem to be having bad luck in recent years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Fat Porn Star Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 This is officially the worst news I've heard this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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