Tommy Ramone, last surviving original member of punk band the Ramones, dies aged 62
The last surviving founding member of the groundbreaking punk band the Ramones has died.
Drummer Tommy Ramone was in a hospice in Queens, New York, and died from bile duct cancer, aged 62.
The band's official Facebook page released a statement paying tribute to the former drummer.
"We are saddened to announce the passing of Tommy Ramone (nee Erdelyi), the original drummer for the Ramones, earlier today, 11 July 2014," the statement said.
The statement quoted Tommy talking about what the band meant to him back in 1978.
"It wasn't just music in the Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in rock music – it was a whole push outwards to say something new and different," he said.
"Originally it was just an artistic type of thing; finally I felt it was something that was good enough for everybody."
Born Thomas Erdelyi in Hungary to Jewish parents who had survived the Holocaust, he migrated with his family to New York when he was young.
He was responsible for two of the group's biggest hits, writing I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend and the majority of Blitzkrieg Bop.
He was the last remaining original member of the influential 1970s band.
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