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Joey Ramone Remembered

Published April 22, 2001 at 12:00 AM EDT

Joey Ramone, lead singer of the punk group the Ramones, died last week at age 49. Essayist Jane Krosby Braden remembers how her older sister introduced her to the music of the Ramones.

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