Friday, 11 July 2014

RIP T. Ramone / Tommy Ramone ist tot (1952 - 2014)










Very sad news.

"Tommy Ramone, aka Thomas Erdelyi, the last surviving member of the original Ramones died today at his home in Ridgewood, Queens. He was 65 and had been in hospice care following treatment for cancer"
In recent years he’d been playing bluegrass and folk with Claudia Tienan as Uncle Monk."

Links:
FAZ:  Tommy Ramone gestorben
Spiegel Online:  Mitglied legendärer Punkband: Tommy Ramone ist tot
Rolling Stone.de:  Der letzte Original-Ramone ist tot: R.I.P., Tommy Ramone

Wikipedia DE
Variety (English):  Tommy Ramone, Founding Member of Influential Punk Band, Dies at 62