When Harry Met Sally is Twenty-Five

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Carrie Fisher, Meg Ryan, Lisa Jane PerskyPhoto © Columbia Pictures

A Death in the (extended) Family

I'm heartbroken for his family and friends. Tom Erdelyi aka Tommy Ramone was all that we know him to have been but also accessible and kind. I was surprised when even as a very young man he knew what he wanted--not only what he didn't want. And he did just that--to our great benefit. All the deaths get to me but Tommy, being who he was and also being the last of the original RAMONES, amps it up to the eleventh power. Spend some time with them here (from the summer of '76), spin a few of your favorite Tommy tunes and TURN IT UP.  
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