Publishing Guide

Upcoming Events

International | Arts and Media

no events match your query!

New Events

no events posted in last week

Other Press

The REAL reason behind China’s “Zero Covid” policy 22:40 Dec 07 0 comments

August Socialist Voice is Out Now! 10:23 Aug 21 0 comments

Vol 2 Issue 21 of New LookLeft magazine in shops now! 23:56 May 28 0 comments

Media Condemn Presidential Insult but Not Austerity 00:22 Feb 02 0 comments

It's a Wonderful Life 12:31 Dec 24 1 comments

more >>

User Preferences

Feeds

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?

US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty

Human Rights in Ireland

Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

Calling the Rape Gangs a ?Dog Whistle? Issue Is Utterly Disgraceful Sun May 04, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Dismissing the rape gang scandal as a "dog whistle" isn't just tone-deaf ? it's a vile insult to victims and exposes a government more afraid of losing votes than of protecting children, says Henry Hill in the Telegraph.
The post Calling the Rape Gangs a ?Dog Whistle? Issue Is Utterly Disgraceful appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Police ?Will Not Rush? to Ban Trans Officers From Strip-Searching Women Sun May 04, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
Police forces are dragging their heels on banning trans officers from strip-searching women, despite a Supreme Court ruling that sex is biological.
The post Police ?Will Not Rush? to Ban Trans Officers From Strip-Searching Women appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Reform: We Will Fight to Close Migrant Hotels Sun May 04, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Reform UK Chairman Zia Yusuf says the party will use every lever available ? including legal action ? to stop asylum seekers being housed in areas where it now controls councils.
The post Reform: We Will Fight to Close Migrant Hotels appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

The ?Chinese Vampire Will Suck UK?s Blood?, Says Trump?s Tariff Chief Sun May 04, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Donald Trump's trade adviser has slammed Britain's relationship with China, warning the UK is in danger of becoming a "compliant servant of communist China" and having its "blood sucked" by Beijing.
The post The ?Chinese Vampire Will Suck UK?s Blood?, Says Trump?s Tariff Chief appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

We Shouldn?t Increase Spending on Children With Special Educational Needs. We Should Cut It Sun May 04, 2025 11:00 | Mary Gilleece
The UK's SEND sector is an expensive, infantilising job-creation scheme for middle-aged women that fails to improve outcomes and urgently needs cutting back, argues Mary Gilleece.
The post We Shouldn?t Increase Spending on Children With Special Educational Needs. We Should Cut It appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network

Voltaire, international edition

Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

One Less Vote For Bush!

international | arts and media | other press

Thursday September 16, 2004 14:26

by pat c

Report this post to the editors

Johnny Ramone loses cancer fight

Johnny Ramone, guitarist in punk band The Ramones, has died at the age of 55 following a long fight against cancer.
He passed away at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday afternoon, surrounded by his friends and family, his publicist confirmed.
( I guess this is yet another example of my misantrophy. Any hope of Ted Nugent kicking the bucket as well? pat c)

Ramone, whose original name was John Cummings, had been battling prostate cancer for five years. He will be cremated at a private service on Thursday, and a public tribute is being organised.

Johnny Ramone is the third member of the seminal band to die in the past few years, leaving Tommy Ramone as the only surviving member of the original line-up. Singer Joey Ramone, whose original name was Jeff Hyman, died in 2001 from lymphatic cancer.

Bass player Dee Dee Ramone, real name Douglas Colvin, died of a drug overdose the following year. News of Johnny's cancer fight emerged in June when he was admitted to the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles for an infection related to the illness.

There was optimism that he would recover after beginning an experimental therapy treatment. He died in his sleep during Wednesday afternoon.

Among those at his bedside were his wife Linda Cummings and friends Eddie and Jill Vedder and Rob and Sherrie Zombie.

Add Your Comments >>

printable version

with comments

atom feed of comments

rss feed of comments

RSS and atom feeds allow you to keep track of new comments on particular stories. You can input the URL's from these links into a rss reader and you will be informed whenever somebody posts a new comment.

Digg this

Furl

Reddit

Gab

Twitter

© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy