NPR Music Joey Ramone Dies NPR Published April 15, 2001 at 11:00 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 1:14 Joey Ramone, lead singer of the punk rock group, the Ramones, died of lymphoma yesterday. He was 49. The Ramones helped to define punk in the 1970s with songs like I Wanna be Sedated and Teenage Lobotomy. Copyright 2001 NPR