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| | Punk Pioneer Joey Ramone Dies - Apr 15, 2001 - E! Online News |
 | | Apr 15, 2001, 10:00 PM PT Legendary punk rocker Joey Ramone, the frontman for America's premier punk band, the Ramones, is dead at the age of 49. |
 | | Ramone coproduced a 1999 EP called She Talks to Rainbows by his idol, Ronnie Spector, and was said to be working on a debut solo album during healthy windows in his illness, which was first reported last year. |
 | | The Ramones' commercial profile consistently paled in comparison to each new generation of groups they inspired--from the Clash and Blondie, through the Offspring and Green Day (two of whose members named children after the Ramones) and now Blink-182 and Fenix TX. |
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