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1951 – 2002Dee Dee Ramone (1951-2002)Died 5 June 2002, aged 50Dee Dee Ramone was the bassist and chief songwriter of the Ramones, the New York band widely regarded as founders of punk rock. He wrote or co-wrote many of their best-known songs, among them 'Rockaway Beach' and '53rd & 3rd', and shouted the count-in that opened their shows. He left the band in 1989 and died of a drug overdose.