Tommy Ramone, Founding Member of Influential Punk Band, Dies at 62

[Allhallowsday]

Tommy Ramone, Founding Member of Influential Punk Band, Dies at 62   

https://music.yahoo.com/news/tommy-ramone-last-surviving-original-member-influential-punk-050701489.html

Drummer and producer Tommy Ramone, the last surviving original member of the influential New York punk quartet the Ramones, died Friday at his home in the Ridgewood area of Queens, New York. He was 62 and had been in hospice care following treatment for bile duct cancer.

Born Erdelyi Tamas in Budapest, Hungary, and known professionally as Tom or T. Erdelyi, Ramone played on the first three epoch-making Ramones albums, "Ramones" (1976), "Leave Home" (1977) and "Rocket to Russia" (1977). He also co-produced the latter two albums with Tony Bongiovi and Ed Stasium, respectively. He appeared on and co-produced the 1979 live Ramones opus "It's Alive..." 

https://music.yahoo.com/news/tommy-ramone-last-surviving-original-member-influential-punk-050701489.html

[HappyGilmore]

Well, that's always sad.

I love the Ramones.  

Ramones live at CBGB 1977 (part 1)

[RCMerchant]

My favorite band of all time.
I don't know what to say. 

[FatFreddysCat]

Bummer. The Ramones were, and still are, a major part of the soundtrack to my life... :(

[Allhallowsday]

TOMMY, JOEY, DEEDEE, JOHNNY ...all gone. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYh1lRR1m6Y

[HappyGilmore]

Outsider has always been one of my favorite Ramones songs.
Ramones - Outsider

[JaseSF]

R.I.P. Tommy Ramone

Hard to believe the originals, they're all gone. 

[The Burgomaster]

Wow.  3 of the 4 original Ramones died of some form of cancer.  What are the odds of that?  I saw them live 3 times, but all 3 shows were after Tommy left the band.