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Events on Sunday 15 April 2001 1
1951 – 2001Joey Ramone (1951-2001)Died 15 April 2001, aged 49Joey Ramone, born Jeffry Hyman, was the singer of the Ramones, the New York band widely credited with launching punk rock. His deadpan delivery fronted fast, short songs such as Blitzkrieg Bop. He died of lymphoma shortly before the band entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.