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==Death== [[File:Dee Dee Ramone - Hollywood Forever Cemetery.jpg|thumb|right|Gravestone at [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]]] Dee Dee Ramone was found dead at his home in the [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] district of Los Angeles on the evening of June 5, 2002.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/06/07/pioneering-punk-rocker-dee-dee-ramone-dies-at-age-50/7525189e-6529-4c2e-addf-d5b62db65015/|title=Pioneering Punk Rocker Dee Dee Ramone Dies at Age 50|newspaper=Washington Post|date=June 6, 2002}}</ref> An [[autopsy]] established a heroin overdose as the official cause of death.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/07/arts/dee-dee-ramone-pioneer-punk-rocker-dies-at-50.html|title=Dee Dee Ramone, Pioneer Punk Rocker, Dies at 50|newspaper=New York Times|date=June 7, 2002|access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref> He had been booked to perform at the Majestic Ventura Theater, which ended up being a memorial show in his honor. Dee Dee Ramone is buried at the [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] in Hollywood, not far from the bronze memorial to his former Ramones bandmate, [[Johnny Ramone]]. His headstone features the Ramones [[Seal (emblem)|seal]] with the line "I feel so safe flying on a ray on the highest trails above" taken from his song "Highest Trails Above", from the Ramones' ''[[Subterranean Jungle]]'' album. At the stone's base is the line "O.K...I gotta go now."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/advice/100-best-examples-of-epitaphs/|title=100 Best Examples of Epitaphs|website=legacy.com|date=May 23, 2019 |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref> Every day a large group of “Ramones Ducks” march up the hill to Dee Dee’s grave.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ehrlich|first=Brenna|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dee-dee-ramone-ducks-1268808/|title= These Ducks Visit Dee Dee Ramone's Grave Every Day |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 8, 2021|accessdate=February 18, 2022}}</ref>
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