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title: "Dee Dee Ramone found dead"
canonical: https://www.hatch.org/2002/06/06/dee-dee-ramone-found-dead/
author: "Steve Hatch"
date: 2002-06-06
categories: ["General"]
---

# Dee Dee Ramone found dead

Really sad … I guess he really wanted to be "sedated" … Say hello to Joey for us Dee Dee

"Dee Dee Ramone, a founding member of the pioneer punk band the Ramones, [was found dead](http://www.nationalpost.com/artslife/story.html?f=/news/updates/stories/20020606/entertainment-361020.html) of a possible drug overdose in his Hollywood home, the coroner's office said Thursday. He was 50"