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John William Cummings was born on Oct. 8, 1948 in Manhattan, the son of Francis “Frank” and Estelle Cummings. In 1949, a new luxury apartment building was erected at 67-38 108 St. called “The Grover Cleveland.” Frank was making good money as a steamfitter and moved the family into the six-story building. John graduated Forest Hills High School in the class of 1966 and later went to work with his father as a The childhood home of Johnny Ramone, aka John William Cummings, at 67-38 108 St. in Forest Hills, as it plumber. His passion for music, however, looks today. GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE; INSET BY DANNY FIELDS / FILE could not be contained. He met 1996, Cummings was one of two original future bandmate Doug Colvin, aka Dee Dee Ramone, who also loved the punk bands members who stayed with the group since its MC5 and The Stooges, in January 1974. The inception. He was listed by Time magazine as one of the 10 greatest electric guitar playduo brought in bandmates Jeff Hyman, Rich Stern and Tom Erdelyi. All the members ers. Sadly he passed away at age 55, after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, on Sept. took a new name ending in Ramone. 15, 2004. They played before their first audience on His wife, Linda, kept his ashes and there March 30, 1974, and immediately clicked — is a cenotaph monument to him at the Hollybecoming one the most successful punk Q wood Forever Cemetery in California. bands of all time. Though they disbanded in
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